When the world is ruled according to the Way, the ghosts lose their power. The ghosts do not really lose their power,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it. — Laozi 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
Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from… — Laozi Copy Share Image
My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription; not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up;… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Praise of power leads to weakness; Love of things leads to loss; The wise one leads by filling people's hearts; He destroys… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven. — Laozi Copy Share
If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow… — Laozi Copy Share
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that… — Laozi Copy Share
Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty… — Laozi Copy Share
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short… — Laozi Copy Share
The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect… — Laozi Copy Share
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue… — Laozi Copy Share
There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades… — Laozi Copy Share
What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not… — Laozi Copy Share
