Just as when water is frozen in to a form as ice and then melts - so at the time of death,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you know that whatever is made inevitable breaks down, you needn't seek too hard for achievement. If you know that all… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
People know that fame and position are pleasant, but they do not know that the pleasure of anonymity is most real. People… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
A grub in filth is dirty, but it changes into a cicada and sips dew in the autumn breeze. Rotting plants have… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those in public office who do not love the people are thieves stealing salaries. Those who teach but do not themselves practice… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who turn things around by themselves do not rejoice at gain or grieve over loss; the whole world is the range… — Zicheng Hong 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
There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Conceit and arrogance are acquired states of mind. Conquer acquired states of mind, and basic sanity can unfold. Passion and willfulness are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own. — Laozi Copy Share Image
To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Acceptance doesn't mean masochistic pessimism, but joyful support of and participation in the great cosmic drama.” — Nathan J. Johnson Copy Share Image
In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Taoism shows us how to deal with life and death by realizing everything here is transitory but its substance is eternal: — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Lao-tze's Taoism is the exhibition of a way or method of living which men should cultivate as the highest and purest development… — James Legge Copy Share Image
Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal. — Laozi 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
“In Taoism, we drop things. Since our infancy, we have learned many things that separate us from the universe. We worry about… — Qiguang Zhao Copy Share Image
Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Buddhism teaches us not to want things, not to avoid things, not to be upset by the loss. In the I Ching,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Your own feelings may be reasonable or unreasonable; how can you expect others to always be reasonable? It is useful to see… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If you persist in trying to attain what is never attained (It is Tao's gift), if you persist in making effort to… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
