Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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Teresa of AvilaWay of Perfection

Never suppose that either the evil or the good that you do will remain secret, however strict may be your enclosure.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

The way to do is to be.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

What is is the was of what shall be.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

Take everything that happens as it comes, as something to animate, not to appropriate

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

He who feels punctured must once have been a bubble.

Witter BynnerWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

A sound leader's aim is to open people's hearts.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

If you can stay in the lead of men without their knowing, you are at the core of life.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

When a person is in turmoil, how can they find peace except by staying patient until the stream clears?

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

How can a man's life keep its course if will not let it flow?

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

They feel no wear, they feel no tear, they need no mending, no repair.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

Be utterly humble and you shall hold to the foundation of peace.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

To accept destiny is to face life with open eyes; not to accept destiny is to face death blindfolded.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

When people lose sight of how to live, they create codes of virtue that give rise to great hypocrisy.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

Rid of legalized profiteering, people would have no thieves to fear.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

Rid of conventionalized duty and honor, people find their families dear.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

Set people free as deep in their hearts they would like to be.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

I—pig-headed, awkward, different from the rest—am only a glorious infant nursing at the breast.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

The surest test if a man be sane is if he accepts life whole, as it is.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

The surest test if a man be sane is if he accepts life whole, as it is.

Lao TzuWay of Life According to Lao Tzu

As want can reward you, wealth can bewilder.