top of page
.png){kind=small}
"Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Stillness quotes
"The more a person knows the less they talk. I shall cease speaking and endeavor to instill a large band of silence inside myself in order to forge a deeper and closer relationship with all of nature. Only when I attain absolute quietude shall I understand the supreme virtue of humanity and understand the meaning of both life and death. Only when I achieve absolute stillness shall I come to a perfect realization of the meaning of existence innate in all things."
"Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle."
"It was so quiet, a reservation kind of quiet, where you can hear somebody drinking whiskey on the rocks three miles away."
"There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfect point, like the moment of change between the dark and the light, and when both and neither surround you."
"Your greatest strength is in your ability to remain still."
Explore more quotes by Lao Tzu
"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."
"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."
"Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions."
"The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest."
"With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness."
"Choose food, clothing, and shelter that accords with nature.Rely on your own body for transportation. Allow your work and your recreation to be one and the same. Do exercise that develops your whole being and not just your body. Listen to music that bridges the three spheres of your being. Choose leaders for their virtue rather than their wealth or power. Serve others and cultivate yourself simultaneously. Understand that true growth comes from meeting and solving problems of life in a way that is harmonizing to yourself and to others. If you can follow these simple old ways, you will be continually renewed."
"Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Startwith what they know. Build with what they have. But with the bestleaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people willsay 'We have done this ourselves."
bottom of page