Quotes on Tao

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.

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.

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven.

The mind remains undetermined in the great Void. Here the highest knowledge is unbounded. That which gives things their thusness cannot be delimited by things. So when we speak of 'limits', we remain confined to limited things. The limit of the unlimited is called 'fullness.' The limitlessness of the limited is called 'emptiness.' Tao is the source of both. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness

All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.

Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.

If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

No disaster is worse than being discontented.

When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.

There are no greater adversaries than yin and yang, because nothing in Heaven or on Earth escapes them. But it is not yin and yang that do this, it is your heart that makes it so.

What is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good man's charge?

The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao. When rich speculators prosper While farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn- all this is robbery and chaos. It is not in keeping with the Tao.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.

Mystics understand the roots of the Tao but not its branches; scientists understand its branches but not its roots. Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science; but man needs both.