Muddy water, let stand – becomes clear

From caring comes courage.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.A sound man...

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others,the more he has for his own.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish – don’t overdo it

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

At the center of your beingyou have the answer;you know who you areand you know what you want.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Know they thyself, presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankind is man.

One who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

The Way of Heaven does not compete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory.

He who is in harmony with the Taois like a newborn child.Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak,but its grip is powerful.It doesn’t know about the unionof male and female,yet its penis can stand...

Seeing our own smallness is called insight, honoring our own tenderness is called strenght.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.

The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem

He who knows himself is enlightened.

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 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.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

Some say that my teaching is nonsense.Other call it lofty but impractical.But to those who have looked inside themselves,this nonsense makes perfect sense.And to those who put it into practice,this loftiness has roots that go...

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never...

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

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.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will...

To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day.

Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are easy,...

From caring comes courage

Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.

Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are...

Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether a...

The Master doesn’t try to be powerful; thus he is truly powerful. The ordinary man keeps reaching for power; thus he never has enough. The Master does nothing, yet he leaves nothing undone. The ordinary...

Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang

By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart.

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.

Silence is a source of Great Strength.

Arms are instruments of ill omen. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to...

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the...

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.