Laozi

Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing" is what happens when the doer disappears, it isn't something that one does or chooses not to do.]

The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.

To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.

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.

When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.

The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.

When taxes are too high, people go hungry.

When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly. If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

We are all capable of much more than we think we are.

One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

He who knows he has enough is rich.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.

The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies; Remembering this, he keeps his attitude unstructured at all times and thus is always free to pursue the Integral Way. He studies the teachings of the masters. He dissolves all concepts of duality. He pours himself out in service to others.

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.