Death is light as a feather
Duty as heavy as a mountain
- Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time)

When you look for it,
You become further from it;
When you seek it
You turn away from it all the more.

- Linji (d. 867)

Many paths lead from
The foot of the mountain,
But at the peak
We all gaze at the
Single bright moon.

- Ikkyu (1394-1481)

Producing without possessing,
Doing without presuming,
Growing without domineering:
This is called mysterious power.

- Tao-te Ching