The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness

If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.

Go to the people. Live with them, learn from them, love them.

Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.

Love is a decision – not an emotion!

Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter’s place. When you handle the master carpenter’s tools, chances are that you’ll cut your hand.

“Respond to anger with virtue. Deal with difficulties while they are still easy. Handle the great while it is still small.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The Tao is nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things.

When men lost their understanding of the Tao, intelligence came along, bringing hypocrisy with it.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.