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

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

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done,...

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done,...

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier...

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier...

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all...

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all...

From caring comes courage

From caring comes courage

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

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.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

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.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who...

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who...

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise.

He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

From caring comes courage.

From caring comes courage.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself,...

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself,...

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do...

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do...

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going...

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going...

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.