He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
If 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
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.
The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole... But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it.
Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.
Do you think that you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear. Integral awareness is fluid and adaptable, present in all places and at all times. That is true meditation. ... The Tao is clear and simple, and it doesn't avoid the world.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
The best fighter is never angry.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.
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