Lao Tzu Quotes
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Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.
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The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.
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The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.
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One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.
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What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?
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Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.
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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
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The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.
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For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.
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He does not seek glory - yet people respect him.
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See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things.
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Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.
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I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.
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High and low rest on each other.
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The Way to do is to be.
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As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by. We have a hundred alternatives, a thousand paths and an infinity of dreams. Hopeful, we are halfway to where we want to go; hopeless, we are lost forever.
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.
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Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars. This practice should answer the question..... The master settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands, and ultimately her mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.
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The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.