Quotes by Taoism Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are. Laozi taoismqualitytrying The biggest in the world is small in its beginning. Laozi world-is-smalltaoismworld Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness. Laozi taoismillnessknowledge Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little. Laozi taoismsimplicitydesire The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it. Laozi taoismsacredworld The sage acts by doing nothing. Laozi sagetaoismdoing-nothing That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances. Laozi taoismsubstanceovercoming He who knows himself is enlightened. Laozi taoismhypocrisyinspirational What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening. Laozi taoismopeningsubstance When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises. Laozi taoismariseknowledge The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone. Laozi taoismactionway Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things? Laozi taoismmindsteps Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself. Laozi taoismdesireworld The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there. Laozi taoismvaluesuse Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing? Laozi taoismfourstills The Great Vessel takes long to complete. Laozi vesseltaoismlong Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them? Laozi fine-wordstaoismpeople Stillness is the ruler of haste. Laozi rulerstaoismhaste If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind. Laozi taoismcompassionpeople The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate. Laozi taoismpeopleway«345678910111213»
