I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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.
She does not show herself, and therefore is apparent. She does not affirm herself, and therefore is acknowledged. She does not boast and therefore has merit. She does not strive and therefore is successful. It is exactly because she does not contend, that nobody can contend with her.
To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
So the unwanting soul sees what’s hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.
Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.
The further one goes, the less one knows.
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question.
There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity.