Lao Tzu

Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish – don’t overdo it.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

There are three books my daughter felt were the most important influences in her life: the Bible, her mother’s cookbook, and her father’s checkbook.

God is the same everywhere.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

God has no religion.

Before enlightnment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightnment, chop wood, carry water.

Being neededdoes not entail selfish pride or unhealthy attachment to the worldly esteem of others. Rather, it consists of a natural human hunger to serve our fellow men and women.

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.

Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock and roll or Christianity.

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.