Book Of Tao Quotes by Laozi, Jim Rohn, Mors Kochanski, Yvon Chouinard, Gautama Buddha, H. Jackson Brown, Jr. and many others.
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness … Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
The more you know the less you need to say.
Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
The more you know, the less you carry
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.
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.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
The Master’s power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.
