It is by non-interference that all is naturally accomplished. The wise individual seeks to return to his or her root by emptying the mind of thoughts to attain an absolute stillness of the mind. Remove all desire because desire feeds on itself, and leads to an accumulation of more and more things. Even a craving for knowledge must be resisted, for learning only leads to filling the mind; a Tao practitioner subtracts day by day, decreasing until he or she finally reaches non-action and an emptiness which Tao alone can fill. The wisdom of the Taoists:
A wise man knows others. A clear-minded man knows himself. A strong man masters others. A truly powerful man masters himself. It is riches to know when one has enough.
When the ancients talked about achieving their ambition they were not talking of carriages and ceremonial caps. They were simply talking of a joy to which nothing could be added.
The man who has forgotten self may be said to have entered heaven. (I like these it is the hidden idea in the Im No Expert book if you can still find the book.)