Inspirational Quotes by Zhiming Yuan

“The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps;”

“The violent and strong do not die their natural death. I will make this the basis of my teaching.”

“Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.”

“The farther that one goes out (from himself), the less he knows.”

“The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others.”

“Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt with.”

“When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.”

“Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.”

“Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes it law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.”

“But if desire always within us be,”

“no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot;”

“When things (in the vegetable world) have displayed their luxuriant growth, we see each of them return to its root.”

“The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.”

“The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active doing.”

“He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it.”

“Keep life and lose those other things;”

“Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice.”

“So the unwanting soul sees what’s hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.”

“When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins. When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.”

“Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)?”