A little child paddles a little boat, Drifting about, and picking white lotuses. He does not know how to hide his tracks,… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare? — Laozi Copy Share Image
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We should not weep or cry or be upset when we see the generations pass, because all are forms of the infinite… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When there is time, there has to be suffering. Because in time there's desire and attachment and transition. This is the world… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Life can be a process of observing what we are interfering with, rather than interfering with what we are observing.” — Lujan Matus Copy Share Image
Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Late at night, when everyone is quiet, sit alone and gaze into the mind; then you notice illusion ending and reality appearing.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Lao Tsu says the way of life is ancient, timeless. It is existence which he calls the Tao - a mysterious source,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A clear sunny day can suddenly shift to thunder and lightning, a raging storm can suddenly give way to a bright moonlit… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The workings of heaven are unfathomable-sometimes encouraging, sometimes suppressing. All this makes sport of heroes and tumbles the great. Enlightened people take… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
…the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Compromise to please others is not as good as integrity that annoys others. Rather than be praised without being good, it is… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Taoism has no rules. It's a suggestion for preceiving life in its wholeness, without unnessary categorization, yet enjoying the beauty of categorization. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Taoism is not a religion, although perhaps it has been made into one by some people. Lao Tsu's way of life occurs… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. — Laozi Copy Share Image
So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving. — Laozi Copy Share Image
When one is not slipshod in small matters, not hypocritical in secret, and not reckless in disappointment, only then is one a… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Your own feelings may be reasonable or unreasonable; how can you expect others to always be reasonable? It is useful to see… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Soil with a lot of manure in it produces abundant crops; water that is too clear has no fish. Therefore, enlightened people… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Buddhism teaches us not to want things, not to avoid things, not to be upset by the loss. In the I Ching,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A dream is the meeting of minds; an event in our waking consciousness is the coming together of sensible substances. Hence our… — Lie Yukou Copy Share Image
Those who act on excitement act intermittently; this is hardly the way to avoid regression. Those whose understanding comes from emotional perceptions… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Do you think that you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Different Chinese philosophers, writing probably in 5-4 centuries B.C., presented some major ideas and a way of life that are nowadays known… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever… — Laozi Copy Share Image
People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
