“If I knew then what I know now I guess it'd make no difference; Fate's sure in the way somehow. What's important… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Can one alter one´s chief feature?" asked someone else. First it is necessary to know it. If you know it, much will… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed. A brave and calm man will always preserve life. Of these two… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Take time for the clearance of the mind, preparing for adherence to perseverance for the journey of another thousand miles.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
My idea of enlightenment is when ego and Tao are fused, and Tao is perceived as ego. Then everything happens with complete… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. . . . When one is at ease with himself, one… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I… — Tony Hillerman Copy Share Image
“He does not make himself seen, therefore he is bright; he does not deem himself to be right, therefore he is illustrious;… — Tao Te Ching Copy Share Image
What is essential to practice the Tao is to get rid of cravings and vexations. If these afflictions are not removed, it… — Zhang Sanfeng Copy Share Image
The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Since we have been out of balance so heavily towards the male, it is going to be the feminine energy which will… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teaching adherents to be… — Ming-Dao Deng 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… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Studying texts and stiff meditation can make you lose your Original Mind. A solitary tune by a fisherman, though, can be an… — Ikkyu Copy Share Image
Shankara commented on Krishna, on the Upanishads, on the Brahma Sutras. Ramanuja commented on the ancient enlightened people, Vallabha did the same.… — Rajneesh 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
It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within… — Laozi 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
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
No words, phrases, or sentences are capable of describing or naming the Way, because once it is named, it is a false… — Henry Chang Copy Share Image
“The spectrum of possibilities is vast and our souls long to incorporate as many as they can... We are in a constant… — Natasa Pantovic Nuit Copy Share Image
So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless.… — Zhuangzi 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
Tao can be used by anybody, but it does not beling to anyone. It is just like air; everyone can breathe the… — Henry Chang Copy Share Image
I know it's not thematically in tune with my new job and all, but I find it effective. Build a man a… — Jim Butcher 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
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
Every day, mindful practice. When the mind is disciplined then the Way can work for us. Otherwise, all we do is talk… — Li Ching-Yuen Copy Share Image
The true "Way" cannot be used to look into the heart of another, and can only be appreciated and found on one's… — Henry Chang 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
There are no greater adversaries than yin and yang, because nothing in Heaven or on Earth escapes them. But it is not… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The Tao has no place for pettiness, and nor has Virtue. Pettiness is dangerous to Virtue; pettiness is dangerous to the Tao.… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized he was a Swan.… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
The amount that she loved us was beyond her reach. It could not be quantified or contained. It was the ten thousand… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
If somebody murders somewhere, I have a part in it. Even if I am a sleeper - I was sleeping, I don´t… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is part of everything and so our minds have to be very big to encompass all things, to understand all things… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
