Lao Tzu Quotes

Allow nature to teach you stillness.

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

Only silence perfects silence.

We try to abolish intervals by our manic insistence on keeping busy, on doing something. And as a result, all we succeed in doing is destroying all hope of tranquility. ... . You have to learn to immerse yourself in the silences between.

Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?

Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.

Take time to be quiet.

No more words. In the name of this place we drink in with our breathing, stay quiet like a flower. So the nightbirds will start singing.

Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness.

I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly, as the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands. I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions.

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.

I don't meditate. Silence is golden though.

Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.

Hopefully there will come a time when I have no words, when I can honor and hold that kind of stillness that I so need, crave, and desire in the natural world.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.

Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light. No need for talking. For any kind of communication.

I love silence.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

I've never meditated in my life. I don't practice yoga nor any religion. I'm a tourist on the realm of stillness.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.