Lao Tzu

Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#love #passion #love

free from desire, you realize the mystery caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#manifestation

Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life

If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#persistence #discipline

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#compare #compete #content #everybody #simply

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. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#afraid #all things #cannot #change #dying

Knowing others is Wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment ↗

— Lao Tzu

#enlightenment

To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#communication

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life #life

Water is fluid, soft & yielding but water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield ... what is soft is strong. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#tenacity #inspirational