If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world. — Laozi Copy Share Image
He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act. — Laozi Copy Share Image
From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The dreams of existence of that we call time, space, matter, subject, object, yin, yang - everything flows forth from this tai… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Examine everything that you've been taught, not simply what you've been taught in school, but the images that have been held up… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower. — Laozi Copy Share Image
He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one… — Laozi Copy Share Image
In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling… — Mantak Chia Copy Share Image
“[I]n trying to figure out the brain, the obstacle is that we have no finer instrument than the brain itself for the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
After one has been in a lowly position, one knows how dangerous it is to climb to a high place, Once one… — Zicheng Hong 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
Chaos is not disorder. Chaos is the totality of existence. You could call it God. You could use the term, the Tao.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“[T]he world as described is included in but is not the same as the world as it is. As a way of… — Alan W. Watts 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
“[T]he art of life is more like navigation than warfare, for what is important is to understand the winds, the tides, the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Although there are weapons for tens and hundreds of soldiers, they will not be used. — Laozi Copy Share Image
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