Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view.
I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.
If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the subtler perception of the way things are. The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast. Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.
Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.
Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss.
The more laws and restrictions there are, The poorer people become. The sharper men's weapons, The more trouble in the land.
The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.
The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to Two. Two gives birth to Three. Three gives birth to all things. All things have their backs to the female and stand facing the male. When male and female combine, all things achieve harmony. Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
A sound man is good at salvage, at seeing nothing is lost
People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.
He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.
Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.
Those who show off do not shine.
Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.
Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.
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