The great Tao flows everywhere. All things are born from it, yet it doesn't create them. It pours itself into its work,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Who can enjoy enlightenment and remain indifferent to suffering in the world? This is not in keeping with the Way. Only those… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing.… — Laozi 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
Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao. — Laozi Copy Share Image
There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao) — Laozi Copy Share Image
The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves… — Laozi Copy Share Image
As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven. — Laozi Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
