The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves. — Laozi Copy Share Image
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Before perception, before a preceiver, existence was - is. This is the consciousness that we refer to as nirvana, God, eternity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A strip of water's spread in the setting sun, Half the river's emerald, half is red. I love the third night of… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will… — Laozi Copy Share Image
As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Is a long life such a good thing if it is lived in daily dread of death or in constant search for… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
To get rid of villains and knaves, it is necessary to give them a way out. If you don't give them any… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Unconscious of the existence of Tao, beings live supposing themselves to be separate from the universal intelligence, supposing themselves to be powerful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Some have lavish garments, carry sharp swords, and feast on food and drink. They possess more than they can spend. This is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Delicious foods are drugs that will inflame the gut and rot the bones, but there is no harm if one eats moderately.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“But spontaneity is not by any means a blind, disorderly urge, a mere power of caprice. A philosophy restricted to the alternatives… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“You can trust everyone to be human, with all the quirks and inconsistencies we humans display, including disloyalty, dishonesty and downright treachery.… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
The powerful and prominent soar like dragons, the heroic and valiant fight like tigers: but if you look upon them with cool… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“For Lao-tzu’s Taoism is the philosophical equivalent of jujitsu, or judo, which means the way of gentleness. Its basis is the principle… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“According to tradition, the originator of Taoism, Lao-tzu, was an older contemporary of Kung Fu-tzu, or Confucius, who died in 479 B.C.1… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“There is one element in Christianity which was not borrowed from Paganism -- religious intolerance. Referring to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, a… — John E. Remsburg Copy Share Image
The most important things in life can't be seen with the eyes. Ideas can't be seen. Love can't be seen. Honor can't… — Anthony DeStefano Copy Share Image
