Kokthansogreta.nu – Tao Quotes

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

From caring comes courage.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

From caring comes courage.

Silence is a source of great strength.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

He who is contented is rich.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

To lead people walk behind them.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

From caring comes courage.

Be the chief but never the lord.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.