Lao Tzu on Mindfulness Quotes

"If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already within you."

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."

"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."

"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality."

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

"Practice non-action. Work without doing."

"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."

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

"He who defines himself can't know who he really is."

"Act without expectation."

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom."

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go."

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

"One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others."

"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place."

"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."

"Silence is a source of great strength."

"Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?"

"Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits."

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

"The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas."

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."