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

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
~ Laozi ~












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.
"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.
"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
"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...
"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
"He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
"Тhe gentle overcomes the rigid.The slow overcomes the fast.The weak overcomes the strong."…"Everyone knows that the yielding overcomes the stiff,and t...
"Thus it is said:The path into the light seems dark,the path forward seems to go back,the direct path seems long,true power seems weak,true purity seem...