Wise Quote for Inner Peace
Posted in Advice on September 3rd, 2010 by Vlad Moskovski – Be the first to comment
Some see a cup and say it is half full, others say it is half empty yet both are based on mood, perception, and memory. The Taoist master is in a state that is removed from such judgments. Staying removed he/she is able to be completely present and give 100 percent, untouched by the dualities of life.
When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.
Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn’t possess, acts but doesn’t expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
This is why it lasts forever.
From the Tao Te Ching Translated by Stephen Mitchel

