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Wisdom and teachings of
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H ope 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?

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

G reat acts are made up of small deeds.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

W hen people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

T he past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

T o hold, you must first open your hand. Let go.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

T here is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

A s soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

D o you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

I f you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

T he reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

I f 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.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

C lose your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

T hose who flow as life flows know they need no other force.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

W e join 30 spokes together in a wheel, but it is the centre hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

T he further one goes (astray), the less one knows.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

H e who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

L ove - Embracing Tao, you become embraced. Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn. Clearing your vision, you become clear. Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial. Opening your heart, you become accepted. Accepting the World, you embrace Tao. Bearing and nurturing, creating but not owning, giving without demanding, controlling without authority, this is love.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

S o the unwanting soul sees what’s hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

B ecause of compassion, one is courageous.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

A ll streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

G ive evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

T here is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

S top leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

W hat the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

Y our own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Lao Tzu quote, Daoism

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Wisdom and teachings of daoist religion

Wisdom and teachings of
daoist religion