7 Lao Tzu Quotes on Mindfulness

Lao Tzu quotes on mindfulness

1. The Tao that can be expressed is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be defined is not the unchanging name. Non-existence is called the antecedent of heaven and earth; Existence is the mother of all things. From eternal non-existence, therefore, we serenely observe the mysterious beginning of the Universe; From eternal existence we clearly see the apparent distinctions. These two are the same in source and become different when manifested. This sameness is called profundity. Infinite profundity is the gate whence comes the beginning of all parts of the Universe.

4. The tao that can be described is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be spoken is not the eternal Name. The nameless is the boundary of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of creation. Freed from desire, you can see the hidden mystery. By having desire, you can only see what is visibly real. Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness born from darkness. The beginning of all understanding.

7. The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds.

10. Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.

17. The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.

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22. By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning.

26. I am not at all interested in immortality, only in the taste of tea.