80 Quotes by Deng Ming-Dao

Once you have seen the face of God, you see the same face on everyone you meet.

To be a Taoist, one need not engage in fanatical denial of any part of life, nor does one need to leave family and career in order to gain a foothold on the path. One need only balance the various parts of one’s personality and provide them with a strong focus.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

Whatever comes to you, you must engage it somehow. You receive it, you may alter the circumstance and let it go, you may interject something of your own into it, or you may knowingly let it pass. Whatever you do, there is no need to be apathetic toward life. Instead, full participation in all things is the surest way to happiness, vitality, success, and a deep knowledge of Tao.

You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.

If we know how to adapt, we end up being superior.

That is why spiritual progress is slow: not because no one will tell us the secrets, but because we ourselves must overcome sentiment and fear before we can grasp it.

Those who attain the middle Dominate the whole.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.