.. __ Lao Tzu __..

“ Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.

Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.

Care about other people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.” ___ Lao Tzu

“‎There are many paths to enlightenment.
Be sure to take the one with a heart.” —Lao Tzu

When you find the way

Others will find you

Passing by on the road

They will be drawn to your door

The way that cannot be heard

will be reflected in your voice

The way that cannot be seen

Will be reflected in your eyes ___ Lao Tzu

“If there is to be peace in the world,

there must be peace in the nations.

If there is to be peace in the nations,

there must be peace in the cities.

If there is to be peace in the cities,

there must be peace between neighbors.

If there is to be peace between neighbors,

there must be peace in the home.

If there is to be peace in the home,

there must be peace in the heart.” — Lao Tzu

He who talks more is sooner exhausted __ 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

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realise that you have enough, you are truly rich.” — Lao Tzu

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists.” — Lao Tzu

 

“To know that you have enough is to be rich.” — Lao Tzu

“Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form.

Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond sound.

Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible.

These three are indefinable;

Therefore they are joined in one.” — Lao Tzu

The great Way is easy,

yet people prefer the side paths.

Be aware when things are out of balance.

Stay centered within the Tao.— Lao Tzu

When rich speculators prosper

While farmers lose their land;

when government officials spend money

on weapons instead of cures;

when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible

while the poor have nowhere to turn-

all this is robbery and chaos.— Lao Tzu