Stay at the center and let all things take their course.
Interpretation
Embracing a calm center allows life to unfold naturally without force.
This quote by Laozi emphasizes the importance of remaining centered and composed amidst life's chaos. By adopting a tranquil attitude, one can observe and allow events to occur as they naturally would, rather than trying to control or manipulate them, leading to a more harmonious existence.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a mindfulness workshop to emphasize the importance of inner peace.
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.
People are always trying to be on top. And not always with a macabre agenda, but I think that people are desperately trying to remain in control, rather than being honest.
Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain
Everywhere I've turned somebody has wanted to sacrifice me for my own goodβonly /they/ were the ones who benefited. And now we start on the old sacrificial merry-go-round. At what point do we stop?
We have three approaches at our disposal: the observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation serves to assemble the data, reflection to synthesise them and experimentation to test the results of the synthesis. The observation of nature must be assiduous, just as reflection must be profound, and experimentation accurate. These three approaches are rarely found together, which explains why creative geniuses are so rare.
I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.
Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of another person. The whole idea of empathy is gone. We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.
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