The autumn hill gathers the remaining light, A flying bird chases after its companion. The green color is bright And brings me… — Wang Wei Copy Share Image
The sickness of indulging desires can be treated, but the sickness of clinging to abstract principles is hard to treat. Obstacles presented… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“Why do you have to ruin everything?' he asked. 'Why do you have to name everything? Decide what's real and what's -… — Michael Montoure Copy Share Image
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world. — Laozi 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
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
Those who like tranquility and dislike clamor tend to avoid people to seek quietude. They do not know that when one wishes… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Taoists do not look upon meditation as 'practice,' except in the sense that a doctor 'practices' medicine. They have no design to… — Alan W. Watts 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
Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are. — Laozi Copy Share Image
True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what? It really does not matter what we call it: God or the… — Dennis Merzel Copy Share Image
The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Diligence means to be keen in matters of virtue and justice, but worldly people use diligence to solve their economic difficulties. Frugality… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There is much meaning in the word endure. For example, when dealing with unstable human feelings and uneven pathways in life, without… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There's a sense of productivity which cripples us terribly. We either have to be doing something worthwile or not. We are back… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
