Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
LAOZIQuarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
LAOZIThe world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
LAOZIIf you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
LAOZIAll men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
LAOZIFor the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
LAOZIThe wise man knows he doesn’t know.
LAOZIFace the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
LAOZIFrom caring comes courage.
LAOZIWhat people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
LAOZIThe master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
LAOZIThe transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
LAOZIMeet the big while it is small.
LAOZIIn the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
LAOZIThe more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
LAOZIWhat resists, persists.
LAOZIMake your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
LAOZI