“It is not that you are capable of allowing them to do it to you but that you are incapable of preventing them. What use is it to you to have this effect on people, which is so incompatible with your own peace? If you insist of having an effect, it will unbalance your true nature and to no purpose.” PeaceLeadershipWealthPowerFameTaoismSoothing Book:Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters Source: Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters
“He knew he was often laughed at behind his back, and sometimes to his face. So what? He didn’t care! He knew what he knew and he also knew what he didn’t know and that was enough for him. Still, his fame had spread lately and he was continually being bothered by people seeking the ultimate truth, as if such a thing could ever be conceptualized and put into plain words. Besides, it wasn’t up to him to tell people the “ultimate truth”. He could only share his truth, and even that changed from day to day, just like the ongoing cycles of the seasons.” TaoismHappy Life Sad Book:Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters Source: Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters
“He himself had been quite turbulent in his youth, but a combination of self-cultivation and suffering had changed that.” TaoismHappy LifeWild Youth Book:Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters Source: Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters