Kokthansogreta.nu – Tao Quotes

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

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

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

Nature is not human hearted.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

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

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

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.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

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

He who is contented is rich.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

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

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

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

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

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

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

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

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

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

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.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.