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
A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female. — Laozi Copy Share Image
My body is in accord with my mind, my mind with my energies, my energies with my spirit, my spirit with Nothing. — Lie Yukou 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
By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism.… — Harry Dean Stanton 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
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
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who live simply are often pure, while those who live luxuriously may be slavish and servile. It seems that the will… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The Sage embraces similarity of understanding and pays no regard to similarity of form. The world in general is attracted by similarity… — Lie Yukou Copy Share Image
Cut brambles long enough, Sprout after sprout, And the lotus will bloom Of its own accord: Already waiting in the clearing, The… — Sun Bu'er 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
“So, he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
When the rich and well-established, who should be generous, are instead spiteful and cruel, they make their behavior wretched and base in… — 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
The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things. — Laozi 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
Lao Tsu always points a finger directly to us. He says we must begin with ourselves. It's impossible to bring order into… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the mind engaged in struggling with hardship, one always finds something delightful. The sorrow of disappointment arises in the complacency of… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live. — Laozi Copy Share Image
I slumbered spring's morning and missed the dawn from everywhere, I heard the cry of birds. That night the sound of wind… — Meng Haoran Copy Share Image
“Trust in human nature is acceptance of the good-and-bad of it, and it is hard to trust those who do not admit… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
One of our predecessors said, "Throwing away the inexhaustible treasury of your own home, you go with your bowl from door to… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
In the West when you talk about yin and yang, people normally think of yin and yang as something that's linear. But… — Frederick Lenz 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
We can think of descriptions almost as computer languages, an operative description that only deals with very simple operations. Its code is… — Frederick Lenz 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
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
A springlike autumn's balmy breeze reaches afar. The sun shines on the house of a recluse South of the river; They encourage… — Sun Bu'er Copy Share Image
The eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, are external plunderers; emotions, desires, and opinions are internal plunderers. But if the inner mind… — 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
