Tao Te Ching

To clarify muddy waters, you must hold them still and let things settle. To glimpse the secret of the Tao, you must keep still and quiet your mind.

They are not focused on outcomes or achievements; therefore they always succeed.

A wheel may have thirty spokes, but its usefulness lies in the empty hub. A jar is formed from clay, but its usefulness lies in the empty center. A room is made from four walls, but its usefulness lies in the space between. Matter is necessary to give form, but the value of reality lies in immateriality. Everything that lives has a physical body, b

The Tao does nothing, and yet nothing remains undone. If rulers desire to keep everything in order, they must first order themselves. If rulers would follow the example of Tao, all problems would resolve themselves. The way of the Tao is simple— stop striving, defeat desire. In the absence of striving, there is peace; in the absence of desire, ther

The Tao is great. So is the universe great, so is earth, and so is humanity. Humanity is the child of earth; earth is the child of the universe; the universe is the child of the Tao. The Tao has no mother, but is mother of all.