Laozi

All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.

Laozi

All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

Laozi

Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you’re surrendering rather than dominating, receiving rather than broadcasting, loving rather than fighting.

Laozi

An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.

Laozi

An ocean of ink in a single drop, trembling at the tip of my brush. Poised above stark white paper, a universe waits for existence.

Laozi

Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.

Laozi

Anyone who doesn’t respect a teacher or cherish a student may be clever, but has gone astray.

Laozi

Appetite for food and sex is nature.

Laozi

Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish.

Laozi

As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.

Laozi