26 quotes
Chinese Taoist text
“In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony.”
"The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world."
on Wisdom
"Forget about life, forget about worrying about right and wrong. Plunge into the unknown and the endless and find your place there!"
on Curiosity
"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."
on Philosophy
"Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest."
"The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers - because it lives with those who know how to speak."
on Learning
"The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing."
on Mindfulness
"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous."
"Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse."
"Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it."
on Leadership
"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river."
on Joy
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
on Happiness
"We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening"
on Death
"Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside."
on Ethics
"Cease striving. Then there will be transformation."
"The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord."
on Truth
"The man who has forgotten self may be said to have entered Heaven."
on Spirituality
"Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education."
on Education
"Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it."
on Knowledge
"Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate."
"A path is made by walking on it."
on Inspirational
