Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
The world is won by those who let it go.
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.
Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.
Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.
The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist. The next best is a leader who is loved and praised. Next comes the one who is feared. The worst one is the leader that is despised ... The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When they have accomplished their task, the people say, "Amazing! We did it, all by ourselves!
The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.
Do you think that you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear. Integral awareness is fluid and adaptable, present in all places and at all times. That is true meditation. ... The Tao is clear and simple, and it doesn't avoid the world.
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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