Stay at the center and let all things take their course.
Interpretation
Embracing a calm center allows life to unfold naturally without force.
This quote by Laozi emphasizes the importance of remaining centered and composed amidst life's chaos. By adopting a tranquil attitude, one can observe and allow events to occur as they naturally would, rather than trying to control or manipulate them, leading to a more harmonious existence.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a mindfulness workshop to emphasize the importance of inner peace.
If you understand others you are smart._x000D_ If you understand yourself you are illuminated._x000D_ If you overcome others you are powerful._x000D_ If you overcome yourself you have strength._x000D_ If you know how to be satisfied you are rich._x000D_ If you can act with vigor, you have a will._x000D_ If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting._x000D_ If you die without loss, you are eternal.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
When we meet a person truly in need, do we see the face of God?
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the individual creatures on the planet-worms, sea urchins, gnats, whales, subhuman primates, superprimate humans, the lot. I can say this because we do not know what we are talking about: consciousness is so much a total mystery for our own species that we cannot begin to guess about its existence in others.
Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee he is trying to take you unaware.
Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
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