Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.
Interpretation
Embrace inaction to find harmony and clarity in life.
This quote by Laozi suggests that by letting go of the constant need to control or force situations, one can achieve a natural flow in life. It emphasizes the importance of stillness and being present, allowing things to unfold as they are meant to without interference.
In practice
In a meditation workshop, the instructor quoted this to highlight the value of mindfulness.
If you understand others you are smart._x000D_ If you understand yourself you are illuminated._x000D_ If you overcome others you are powerful._x000D_ If you overcome yourself you have strength._x000D_ If you know how to be satisfied you are rich._x000D_ If you can act with vigor, you have a will._x000D_ If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting._x000D_ If you die without loss, you are eternal.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.
You only have control over three things in your life-the thoughts you think, the images you visualise, & the actions you take.
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
nobody means to get carried away in mediocrity, but it happens, it happens unless you think about everything you do, unless you make every choice the best one you know how to make.
There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.
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