Inspirational Quotes by Zhiming Yuan

“Opinion is the barren flower of the Way, the beginning of ignorance.”

“For a house, the good thing is level ground. In thinking, depth is good. The good of giving is magnanimity; of speaking, honesty; of government, order. The good of work is skill, and of action, timing. No competition, so no blame.”

“He who knows others is clever, but he who knows himself is enlightened. He who overcomes others is strong, but he who overcomes himself is mightier still. He is rich who knows when he has enough. He who acts with energy has strength of purpose. He who moves not from his proper place is long-lasting. He who dies, but perishes not, enjoys true longevity.”

“You render the small vast and few many, use integrity to repay hatred, see the complexity in simplicity, find the vast in the minute.”

“To be in favor or disgrace is to live in fear. To take the body seriously is to admit one can suffer.”

“Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved. Success is the lurking-place of failure; but who can tell when the turning-point will come?”

“Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it.”

“Si un hombre quiere darle forma al mundo, modelarlo a su capricho, difícilmente lo conseguirá. El mundo es un jarro sagrado que no se puede manipular ni retocar. Quien trata de hacerlo, lo deforma. Quien lo aferra, lo pierde. Por eso el sabio no intenta modelarlo, luego no lo deforma.”

“Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; They treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs.17 Sages are not benevolent; They treat the people as straw dogs.”

“When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe. When he has cleansed away the most mysterious sights (of his imagination), he can become without a flaw.”

“to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.”

“Saberse ignorante es conocimiento.”

“Stillness is the master of passion.”

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.”

“Measure yourself the way you measure others. Measure others the way you measure your village. Measure your village the way you measure your country. Measure your country the way you measure the Tao. And measure the Tao by what is in you.”

“When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.”

“Hyvällä matkailijalla ei ole pysyviä suunnitelmia eikä hän yritä päästä perille.”

“They mingle their life with the world, they mix their mind up with the world. Ordinary people look after them. Wise souls are children.”

“What’s softest in the world rushes and runs over what’s hardest in the world. The immaterial enters the impenetrable. So I know the good in not doing. The wordless teaching, the profit in not doing— not many people understand it.”

“People who are good I treat well. People who are not good I also treat well. - Chapter 49”