As for the best leaders the people do not notice their existence. The next best the people honour and praise. The next the people fear and the next the people hate. When the best leader's work is...
Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of unhappiness.
He who is contented is rich.
So the unwanting soulsees what's hidden,and the ever-wanting soulsees only what it wants.
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house,...
As to the roaming of sages,They move in utter emptiness,Let their minds meander in the great nothingness;They run beyond conventionAnd go through where there is no gateway.They listen to the soundless...
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth it is the beg...
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
To know yet to think that one does not know is best Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
The Master, by residing in the Tao,sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself,people can see his light.Because he has nothing to prove,people can trust his words.Because he does...
To know that you do not know is the best.To think you know when you do not is a disease.Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
He who has not faith in others shall find no faith in them.