To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one’s true being.
Most of the world’s religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.
To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.
The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength.
To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.
Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.
How can a man’s life keep it’s course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no other force: They feel no wear, they feel no tear, They need no mending, no repair.
How do I know about the world? By what is within me.
Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.
Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.