The Way Quotes

Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.

Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly. If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.

The way is light and fluid for the man withno preferences.

He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to be renewed.

The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.

The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The lesser student listens to the Way and laughs out loud. If there were no laughter it would not be the Way.

To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.

Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.

The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being; For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be.

Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

When the worst student hears about the Way, he laughs out loud. If he did not laugh, it would be unworthy of being the Way.

When you find the way/ others will find you./ Passing by on the road/ they will be drawn to your door./ The way that cannot be heard/ will be echoed in your voice./ The way that cannot be seen/ will be reflected in your eyes.