If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don't see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.
Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
If you tell me, I will listen. If you show me, I will see. If you let me experience, I will learn!
The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.
Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.
Life is going forth; death is returning home.
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.
Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.
The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. Walls with windows and doors form the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home.
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.
Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.
Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.
He who stands on tiptoe doesn't stand firm. He who rushes ahead doesn't go far. He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't know who he really is. He who has power over others can't empower himself. He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures.
Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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