Kokthansogreta.nu – Tao Quotes

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

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

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

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.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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

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

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

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

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

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."

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.

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

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

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

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

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.

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

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.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

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

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

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

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

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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.

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 is contented is rich.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

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

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

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

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

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

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

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