Lao Tzu

If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life #wisdom #change

Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#feelings #reality #imagination

Great acts are made up of small deeds. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#deeds #great #made #small #up

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#eastern-philosophy #philosophy #comedy

There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#tao-te-ching #inspirational

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#universe #life

Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang ↗

— Lao Tzu

#classics #tao-te-ching #balance

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#strength #fearless

He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#understanding-others #enlightenment

The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#inspirational