Tao a Day

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

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

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we can do is to bear out troubles until a better day

“If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.”

Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Love is the strongest of all passions, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.