Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 21
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds.”
“Thirty spokes unite at the single hub; it is the empty space which makes the wheel useful.”
“The more you use it, the more it produces; the more you talk of it, the less you understand.”
“A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day.”
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.”
“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”
“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go.”
“The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.”
“The more prohibitions that are imposed on people, the poorer the people become.”
“Therefore the Sage embraces the One, and becomes the model of the world.”
“The sage wears coarse clothing over his shoulders, but carries jade within his bosom.”
“I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone.”
“Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject.”
“A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists.”