24 quotes found
“The heart that gives, gathers.”
“Love is a decision - not an emotion!”
“One gains by losing and loses by gaining.”
“He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.”
“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
“If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”
“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand thing...”
“Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the ...”
“When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.”
“If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisf...”
“Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.”
“He who is in harmony with the Taois like a newborn child.Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak,but its grip is powerful.It doesn't know about the unionof male and female,yet its penis can stand ...”
“(So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited has no superior...”
“A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will say, We did this ourselves.”
“If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to follow them.”
“Thirty spokesShare one hub.Make the nothing therein appropriate, and you will have the use of the cart.”
“Thus it is said:The path into the light seems dark,the path forward seems to go back,the direct path seems long,true power seems weak,true purity seems tarnished,true steadfastness seems changeable...”
“Attain complete emptiness,Hold fast to stillness.Understanding the ordinary: Mind opens.Mind opening leads to compassion,Compassion to nobility,Nobility to heavenliness,Heavenliness to TAO. TAO end...”
“Failure is an opportunity.If you blame someone else,there is no end to the blame.Therefore the Masterfulfills her own obligationsand corrects her own mistakes.She does what she needs to doand deman...”
“Rushing into action, you fail.Trying to grasp things, you lose them.Forcing a project to completion,you ruin what was almost ripe.Therefore the Master takes actionby letting things take their cours...”
“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.”
