The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way. — Laozi Copy Share Image
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A strip of water's spread in the setting sun, Half the river's emerald, half is red. I love the third night of… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
Before perception, before a preceiver, existence was - is. This is the consciousness that we refer to as nirvana, God, eternity. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Male and female are the first things we learn because they represent the polarity of existence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Beneath the light, the river and hills are beautiful, The spring breeze bears the fragrance of flowers and grass. The mud has… — Du Fu Copy Share Image
One should not seek happiness, just nurture the spirit of joy as the basis of summoning happiness. One should not try to… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
To get rid of villains and knaves, it is necessary to give them a way out. If you don't give them any… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Unconscious of the existence of Tao, beings live supposing themselves to be separate from the universal intelligence, supposing themselves to be powerful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Virtue is the master of talent, talent is the servant of virtue. Talent without virtue is like a house where there is… — Zicheng Hong 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
“But spontaneity is not by any means a blind, disorderly urge, a mere power of caprice. A philosophy restricted to the alternatives… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“You can trust everyone to be human, with all the quirks and inconsistencies we humans display, including disloyalty, dishonesty and downright treachery.… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
“The Formless Way We look at it, and do not see it; it is invisible. We listen to it, and do not… — Tao Te Ching - Translated by S. Beck Copy Share Image
“Currently where you are is on a huge globe with a relatively thin crust of stone, containing fire in its bowels, rotating… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
“Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. However, when they have all… — Liezi Copy Share Image
“According to tradition, the originator of Taoism, Lao-tzu, was an older contemporary of Kung Fu-tzu, or Confucius, who died in 479 B.C.1… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
