wisdom Quotes

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

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

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.