177 Quotes About Tao

The enlightened worry more about the problems of the world than about their own problems, and their longing for the well-being of all life grows deeper,making the suffering of all people, all creatures, and all things their own. This is a gift brought by enlightenment, which, at the same time, brings deep anguish.

If our minds are like a garden, then emotions are like the different flowers that bloom and wither in it all year round, according to the season. Emotions sometimes bring dynamism and significant change to our lives, but we must never be led around by them.

Yin and yang are the left and right hands of the Infinite — creator, destroyer, and reproducer of everything that exists.

Time is an illusion that passes way too fast!

I obtained life because the time was right. I will lose life because it is time. Those who go quietly with the flow of nature are not worried by either joy or sorrow. People like these were considered in the past as having achieved freedom from bondage. Those who cannot free themselves are constrained by things.

It's all a series of serendipities with no beginnings and no ends. Such infinitesimal possibilities Through which love transcends.

I do not assert that it is logically impossible for a person to be both moralistic and humane, but I have yet to meet one who is!

. . and so it is that A Sensei may impart his knowledge of the martial Way and nurture your fighting abilities, but you must learn the wisdom of finding other ways than martial skills to solve your problems

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.