There are two choices available in duality - one side or the other side. Everyting is formed from that. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everything is part of one web, one matrix of existence, beyond discussion. This is our true self in its undifferentiated form. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Some people think Taoism means not doing anything, just going on with your life. That has little or nothing to do with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao. — Confucius Copy Share Image
If you do not join the polluted, then you are pure; if you reject society in search of purity, that is not… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest. — Ming-Dao Deng 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
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
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
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
…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
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
Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view. — Laozi Copy Share Image
To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be… — Laozi Copy Share Image
If there's no background, no foreground, no opposition, no complements, then there's no change becasue there's no subject and object. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Autumn clouds, vague and obscure; The evening, lonely and chill. I felt the dampness on my garments, But saw no spot, and… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
Taoism extols the virtue of flexibility. What survives on earth is what effortlessly adapts to the changing environment and changing circumstances. — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me. — Laozi Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth. — Laozi Copy Share Image
To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths. — Laozi Copy Share Image
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
Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“The clouds above us join and separate, The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns. Life is like that, so why not… — Lu Yu Copy Share Image
If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“It can be passed on, but not received. It can be obtained, but not seen. 可傳而不可受，可得而不可見.” — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
We know we should be completely humble. We should stop thinking that we're very marvelous because we're not. We are interesting at… — Frederick Lenz 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
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
The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose. — Laozi 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
“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
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
