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  • #1
    Lao Tzu
    “Simplicity, patience, compassion.
    These three are your greatest treasures.
    Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
    Patient with both friends and enemies,
    you accord with the way things are.
    Compassionate toward yourself,
    you reconcile all beings in the world.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #2
    Lao Tzu
    “Knowing others is intelligence;
    knowing yourself is true wisdom.
    Mastering others is strength;
    mastering yourself is true power.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #3
    Lao Tzu
    “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
    Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching

  • #4
    Lao Tzu
    “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #5
    Lao Tzu
    “If you understand others you are smart.
    If you understand yourself you are illuminated.
    If you overcome others you are powerful.
    If you overcome yourself you have strength.
    If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.
    If you can act with vigor, you have a will.
    If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.
    If you die without loss, you are eternal.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #6
    Lao Tzu
    “If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #7
    Lao Tzu
    “The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #8
    Lao Tzu
    “To understand the limitation of things, desire them.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: tao

  • #9
    Lao Tzu
    “Love

    Embracing Tao, you become embraced.
    Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn.
    Clearing your vision, you become clear.
    Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial.
    Opening your heart, you become accepted.
    Accepting the World, you embrace Tao.
    Bearing and nurturing,
    Creating but not owning,
    Giving without demanding,
    Controlling without authority,
    This is love.”
    Laozi, The Teachings of Lao-Tzu: The Tao-Te Ching
    tags: love

  • #10
    Lao Tzu
    “If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #11
    Lao Tzu
    “When people see some things as beautiful,
    other things become ugly.
    When people see some things as good,
    other things become bad.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #12
    Lao Tzu
    “When there is no desire,
    all things are at peace.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #13
    Lao Tzu
    “True words aren't eloquent;
    eloquent words aren't true.
    Wise men don't need to prove their point;
    men who need to prove their point aren't wise.

    The Master has no possessions.
    The more he does for others,
    the happier he is.
    The more he gives to others,
    the wealthier he is.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #14
    Lao Tzu
    “Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.”
    Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

  • #15
    Lao Tzu
    “A good traveler has no fixed plans
    and is not intent upon arriving.
    A good artist lets his intuition
    lead him wherever it wants.
    A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
    and keeps his mind open to what is.

    Thus the Master is available to all people
    and doesn't reject anyone.
    He is ready to use all situations
    and doesn't waste anything.
    This is called embodying the light.

    What is a good man but a bad man's teacher?
    What is a bad man but a good man's job?
    If you don't understand this, you will get lost,
    however intelligent you are.
    It is the great secret.”
    Laozi, Tao Te Ching

  • #16
    Lao Tzu
    “Do you want to improve the world?
    I don't think it can be done.

    The world is sacred.
    It can't be improved.
    If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.
    If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.

    There is a time for being ahead,
    a time for being behind;
    a time for being in motion,
    a time for being at rest;
    a time for being vigorous,
    a time for being exhausted;
    a time for being safe,
    a time for being in danger.

    The Master sees things as they are,
    without trying to control them.
    She lets them go their own way,
    and resides at the center of the circle.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #17
    Lao Tzu
    “Rushing into action, you fail.
    Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
    Forcing a project to completion,
    you ruin what was almost ripe.

    Therefore the Master takes action
    by letting things take their course.
    He remains as calm at the end
    as at the beginning.
    He has nothing,
    thus has nothing to lose.
    What he desires is non-desire;
    what he learns is to unlearn.
    He simply reminds people
    of who they have always been.
    He cares about nothing but the Tao.
    Thus he can care for all things.”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #18
    Lao Tzu
    “When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, there arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, there arises the recognition of evil.”
    Lao Tzu, The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism / Includes "The Gatekeeper's Tale"

  • #19
    Lao Tzu
    “Love is a decision - not an emotion!”
    Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

  • #20
    Gautama Buddha
    “Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.

    [Verse 223]”
    Siddhārtha Gautama, The Dhammapada

  • #21
    Gautama Buddha
    “Meditate.
    Live purely. Be quiet.
    Do your work with mastery.
    Like the moon, come out
    from behind the clouds!
    Shine”
    Siddhārtha Gautama

  • #22
    Gautama Buddha
    “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.”
    Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

  • #23
    Gautama Buddha
    “A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
    Buddha

  • #24
    Gautama Buddha
    “True love is born from understanding.”
    The Buddha

  • #25
    Gautama Buddha
    “If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?”
    Buddha

  • #26
    Gautama Buddha
    “The greatest prayer is patience.”
    Siddharta Gautama

  • #27
    Gautama Buddha
    “You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.”
    Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

  • #28
    Gautama Buddha
    “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
    Gautama Buddha, The Teaching of Buddha

  • #29
    Gautama Buddha
    “There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”
    Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni



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