Lao Tzu Quotes
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Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.
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To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.
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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.
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If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
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I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.
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The sage wears coarse clothes, concealing jade.
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The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase.
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What is and what is not create each other.
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That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.
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Praise and disgrace cause fear.
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How do I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.
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Confidence is the greatest friend.
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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.
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The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
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Everything will settle in its own place automatically.
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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
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The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.
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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.