Taoism Quotes - Page 4

There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.

Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.

Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.

Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but rather strangers doing business.

There is much meaning in the word endure. For example, when dealing with unstable human feelings and uneven pathways in life, without endurance to hold you up, you may fall into a pit in the brush.

The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.

The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

(The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere, even in the most ordinary things.

Stillness overcomes heat.

Not valuing wealth prevents theft.

That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.

Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.

Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading.

The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

The 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.

I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.

First and last follow each other.

...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

Those who show off do not shine.

Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.

Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.

Those who boast are not respected.

Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.