Prevent trouble before it arises.
Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree
grows from a tiny sprout
The journey of a thousand miles
starts beneath your feet.
Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
You ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains calm
at the end as at the beginning.
He has nothing
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is nondesire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao [the Way].
Thus he can care for all things.
Lao Tzu

Source: jesuisperdu

410 Notes/ Hide

  1. allgoodthinks reblogged this from parkstepp
  2. bellad328 reblogged this from parkstepp
  3. nispell reblogged this from parkstepp
  4. rawsilk reblogged this from parkstepp
  5. parkstepp reblogged this from lvtftw
  6. littlemisssunshinebitch reblogged this from sav3mys0ul
  7. paintingpurpleflowers reblogged this from sav3mys0ul
  8. lvtftw reblogged this from sav3mys0ul
  9. sav3mys0ul reblogged this from quote-book
  10. rinnaite reblogged this from quote-book
  11. 3000quotes reblogged this from quote-book
  12. godsgifttoawesome reblogged this from cancerninja
  13. andallthatjazzz reblogged this from agarota
  14. dgracespot reblogged this from cancerninja
  15. cancerninja reblogged this from jesuisperdu
  16. facingthenorthwind reblogged this from quote-book
  17. fashionablethought reblogged this from jesuisperdu
  18. wonderlandismyhome reblogged this from quote-book and added:
    jesuisperdu: constantflux: quote-book)
  19. intellectualmortal reblogged this from yasmina91
  20. mountainsaremountains reblogged this from lalilaloba
  21. sudutaneh reblogged this from quote-book
  22. justfiguringitout reblogged this from wanderlustem
  23. guips reblogged this from quote-book
  24. mylive reblogged this from jesuisperdu
  25. jaggersan reblogged this from tobia
  26. wanderlustem reblogged this from tobia
  27. paleolitiquero reblogged this from tobia
  28. nonaj reblogged this from tobia
  29. tobia reblogged this from jesuisperdu