Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward…

Quote by Lao Tzu

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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they...

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they...

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will...

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will...

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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

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

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise...

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise...

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

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

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

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend....

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend....

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

Confidence is a very fragile thing.

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best...

You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best...

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity...

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity...