I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge. — Laozi Copy Share Image
My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me. — Laozi Copy Share Image
If there's no background, no foreground, no opposition, no complements, then there's no change becasue there's no subject and object. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Autumn clouds, vague and obscure; The evening, lonely and chill. I felt the dampness on my garments, But saw no spot, and… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth. — Laozi Copy Share Image
To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths. — Laozi 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
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“It can be passed on, but not received. It can be obtained, but not seen. 可傳而不可受，可得而不可見.” — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
A thousand pieces of gold may hardly bring a moment's happiness, but a small favor can cause a lifetime's gratitude. Too much… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When we practice sacred sexuality we are working with cosmologically rooted principles, balancing the heavenly yang (male energy) of the universe with… — John Maxwell Taylor Copy Share Image
When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage… — Laozi Copy Share Image
People know that fame and position are pleasant, but they do not know that the pleasure of anonymity is most real. People… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
All of Chinese thinking - Confucianism, Taoism, as well as Buddhism - contains the idea that in the course of life, man… — Richard Wilhelm Copy Share Image
I used to think that you could find peace and it would always be there. And there is a sense of that.… — Wayne Dyer 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
The honey doesn't taste so good once it is being eaten; the goal doesn't mean so much once it is reached; the… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
In ordinary life, we are not aware of the unity of all things, but divide the world into separate objects and events.… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
“The apprenticeship to passivity—I know nothing more contrary to our habits. (The modern age begins with two hysterics: Don Quixote and Luther.)… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“REFUTATION OF DELUSIVE AND PREJUDICED (DOCTRINE)[FN#292] According to Confucianism[FN#293] and Taoism all sorts of beings, such as men and beasts, were born… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The substance of mind is the substance of heaven. A joyful thought is an auspicious star or a felicitous cloud. An angry… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child. Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak, but… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
![“REFUTATION OF DELUSIVE AND PREJUDICED (DOCTRINE)[FN#292] According to Confucianism[FN#293] and Taoism all sorts of beings, such as men and beasts, were born out of and brought up by the (so-called) Great Path of Emptiness.[FN#294] That is to say, the Path by the operation of its own law gave rise…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/kaiten-nukariya-793_confucianism_refutation-of-delusive-and-prejudiced-do_2300385.jpg)
