B eing deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
I f we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold. If we could renounce our benevolence and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and kindly. If we could renounce our artful contrivances and discard our (scheming for) gain, there would be no thieves or robbers. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
W hen harmony no longer prevailed throughout the six kinships, filial sons found their manifestation; when the states and clans fell into disorder, loyal ministers appeared. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
F avour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same kind). Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
W hen the work is done, and one’s name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
W hen gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogance, this brings its evil on itself. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
I t is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
T he highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Dao. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
T he sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised? Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
H eaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
H eaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the sacrificial straw dogs are dealt with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal with the people as the sacrificial straw dogs are dealt with. May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows? Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
N ot to show the people what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
N ot to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep the people from becoming thieves. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
N ot to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
L ife best accord with Tao, and hence manifest Te. Endorses mindfulness, humility, impartiality, and respect for the integrity of all things. This attunes to the natural world. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
R eturn to being the uncarved block. Simplicity of life in an unadulterated natural state. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
W hich is nearer, name or self? Which is dearer, self or wealth? Which gives more pain, loss or gain? Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
H e is cautious, reserved and eschews experiences, ‘unhinge the mind’ or ‘disrupt the senses’. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
T he five colours blind the eyes. The five notes deafen our ears. The five flavours dull our taste. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
P rofound virtue is deep and farreaching; It returns to the origins with all things, And then leads to the great naturalness. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share
T he adept has no fixed heart/mind but uses the heart/mind of the people. The adapt trusts the trustworthy, but also trusts the untrustworthy. By this the nature of trust is understood. Lao Tzu quote, Daoism share