"If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.












If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.

More Laozi quotes
"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.
"Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law.
"A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.
"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
"Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
"In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.
"In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
"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...
"Following the Universal Way means practicing selflessness and extending virtue to the world unconditionally. In this way one not only eliminates the h...
"Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature.Rely on your own body for transportation. Allow your work and your recreation to be one an...
"Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.