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Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
Sep 30, 2025
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.
If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.
Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
When there is no desire, all things are at peace
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
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. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.
Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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.
The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.
Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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
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.
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
The more you know, the less you carry
Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.
The more you know, the less you need.
The more you know the less you understand.
The more you know the less you talk.
The more you know the less you need to say.
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