We know we should be completely humble. We should stop thinking that we're very marvelous because we're not. We are interesting at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“The clouds above us join and separate, The breeze in the courtyard leaves and returns. Life is like that, so why not… — Lu Yu Copy Share Image
If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way,… — Laozi 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
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
Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live. — Laozi 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
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
“[W] are belatedly realizing that the ill-treatment of the environment is damage to ourselves - for the simple reason that the subject… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
Flowers should be viewed when half open, wine should be drunk only to subtle intoxication; there is great fun in this. If… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The relic from before birth Enters one's heart one day. Be as careful as if you were holding a full vessel, Be… — Sun Bu'er 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
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
If you want to nourish a bird, you should let it live any way it chooses. Creatures differ because they have different… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“When you find yourself in one of those mystical/devotional frames of mind or in am emergency and you feel you want to… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
“Situations produce vibrations. Negative, potentially harmful situations emit slow vibrations. Positive, potentially life-enhancing situations emit quick vibrations. As these vibrations impact on… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
When greedy people are given gold, they are bitter that they haven't gotten jewels; when they are made barons they are resentful… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue.… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“Let your eyes see what they see, not what others want you to see. Let your ears hear what they naturally hear,… — Liezi Copy Share Image
Sexual desire may burn like fire, but when you give a thought to when you are ill, then your excitement dies down.… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
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