The following one-liners were inspired by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, Tao Te Ching, 1972c. The book is beautifully calligraphed and illustrated with English’s black-and-white nature photographs. The numbers in parentheses are the chapter numbers from the Tao Te Ching.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. (1)
The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled. (4)
The highest good is like water. (8)
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. (16)
The way of nature is unchanging. (16)
Yield and overcome; bend and be straight; empty and be full. (22) 
The Tao is forever undefined. (32)
To die but not to perish is to be eternally present. (33)
It does not show greatness, and is therefore truly great. (34)
Tao abides in non-action, yet nothing is left undone. (37)
Being is born of non-being. (40)
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