In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man. Laozi More Quotes by Laozi More Quotes From Laozi Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small. Laozi issues tasks life {The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world. Laozi offering spiritual life A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet. Laozi journey feet men Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape. Laozi taoism thieves reform Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment. Laozi taoism selfless heaven The truest sayings are paradoxical. Laozi paradoxical taoism truest The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a jewel but lets himself be shaped by the Tao, as rugged and common as a stone. Laozi compassion humility views We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. Thus, while existence has advantages, It is the emptiness that makes it useful. Laozi clay space doors The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect. Laozi design perfect house The Tao's principle is spontaneity. Laozi tao taoism principles The Tao of the sage is work without effort. Laozi taoism effort work The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao. Laozi taoism practice feet The way of heaven is to help and not harm. Laozi taoism heaven way Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river. Laozi taoism mountain rivers The Tao principle is what happens of itself. Laozi tao taoism principles The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do. Laozi tao taoism force As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance. Laozi taoism balance perfect Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them. Laozi tao taoism doe Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves. Laozi taoism intelligent people No disaster is worse than being discontented. Laozi tao taoism disaster
