Lao Tzu Quotes
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
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Battles are followed by years of famine.
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Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.
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. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.
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Dualistic thinking is a sickness.
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Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.
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As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.
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A violent wind does not last for a whole morning.
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No weapon is sharper than will.
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
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. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness, and no mental concepts or attitudes are present to dim that light.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.
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Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.
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Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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He who is attached to things will suffer much.
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What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.
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Yielding is the manner of the Way.
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The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.
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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.
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Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.