Inspirational Quotes by Zhiming Yuan

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”

“The violent do not trust in deep mysteries, they rebel against the Tao and the power”

“and to desire them is to suffer the limitations of matter.”

“There are some things which it is a gain to lose, and a loss to gain.”

“The more prohibitions and rules, The poorer people become. The sharper people's weapons, The more they riot. The more skilled their techniques, The more grotesque their works. The more elaborate the laws, The more they commit crimes.”

“The morally great man is one who keeps throughout life his infant heart”

“goodness, if it is not sincere, is not really goodness.”

“Woman is Yin - humble, soft and harmonious. Woman is not preeminent (dominant) but none-the-less subdues man”

“Value virtue over wealth,”

“La “clarividencia”, es el adorno del Tao, y el inicio de la estupidez.”

“Whosoever wishes to be above the folk, in speech must be beneath them. Whosoever wishes to be ahead of them, must be behind. The Taoist is above, yet (the folk) doesn't feel any burden. He is ahead, yet (the folk) don't feel any impediment.”

“Wise rulers do not accumulate treasures, but seek to quiet the hearts of their people.”

“The practice of the Taoist is soft and gentle, It leads to endurance and long-life”

“The wise are also impartial; to them all people are equal and alike.”

“Not extreme perfection, but purity and clarity are the targets at which we should aim.”

“When rulers resort to force, things flourish for a time, but then decay.”

“Nature needs few words. Fierce winds don’t blow all morning, torrents don’t pour all day.”

“Recognize beauty and ugliness is born. Recognize good and evil is born.”

“they do not exist for themselves. That is why they endure.”

“Arthur Waley: Not only are Books the mere discarded husk or shell of wisdom, but Words themselves, expressing as they do only such things as belong to the normal state of consciousness, are irrelevant to the deeper experience of the Tao, the “wordless doctrine.”