Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The very highest is barely known. Then comes that which people know and love, Then that which is feared, Then that which… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Thus it is said: The path into light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this… — Laozi Copy Share Image
True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. True fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present. True straightness seems crooked.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in order to reflect and meditate on our… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven. — Laozi Copy Share
If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow… — Laozi Copy Share
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that… — Laozi Copy Share
Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty… — Laozi Copy Share
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short… — Laozi Copy Share
The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect… — Laozi Copy Share
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue… — Laozi Copy Share
There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades… — Laozi Copy Share
What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not… — Laozi Copy Share
