Everyone

under heaven says that

my Tao is great, but inconceivable. 

It is its very greatness that makes it inconceivable! 

If it could be conceived of, how small

it would be! 

I have three

treasures to hold and protect: 

The first is motherly love. The second

is economy. The third is daring

not to be first in the

world. 

With motherly

love one can be courageous. 

With economy one can be expansive. 

With humility one

can lead. 

To be

courageous without motherly love, 

To be expansive without practicing economy, 

To go to the front without humility — 

this is courting death. 

Venture with

love and you win the

battle. Defend with love and you are

invulnerable. Heaven’s secret is

motherly love. 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 67

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When a

wise person hears Tao,

he practices it diligently. When an

average person hears Tao, he practices it

sometimes, and just as often ignores it. 

When an inferior person hears Tao,

he roars with laughter. 

If he didn’t laugh,

it wouldn’t be

Tao. 

Thus

the age old sayings: 

The way to illumination appears dark. 

The way that advances appears to retreat. 

The way that is easy appears to be hard. 

The highest virtue appears empty. 

The purest goodness appears soiled. 

The most profound creativity appears fallow. 

The strongest power appears weak. 

The most genuine seems unreal. 

The greatest space has no corners. 

The largest talent matures slowly. 

The highest voice can’t be heard. 

The most luminous image

can’t be seen. 

Tao is hidden

and has no name. 

Tao alone nourishes

and  fulfills all

things. 

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 41

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The

origin and mother

of everything in the world is Tao.

Know the mother and you can know

the children. Having known the children,

return to their source and hold on to her.

Abiding by the mother, you are free

from danger, even when

your body

dies.

Don’t live

for your senses.

Close your mouth, close

all the body’s openings, reside

in the original unity. In this

way you can pass your

life in peace and

contentment.

Open

your mouth,

increase your activities,

start making distinctions between

things, and you’ll toil

forever without

hope.

See the subtle and be illuminated.

Abide in gentleness and be strong.

Use your light and return to insight.

Don’t

expose yourself

to trouble. This is

following

Tao.

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 52

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The place

that Solomon made

to worship in, called the Far Mosque,

is not built of earth and water and stone,

but of intention and wisdom and

mystical conversation and

compassionate

action.

Every

part of it is intelligent

and responsive to every other.

The carpet bows to the broom. The door

knocker and the door swing together

like musicians. This heart sanctuary

does exist, though it cannot

be described.

Solomon

goes there every morning

and gives guidance with words,

with musical harmonies, and in actions,

which are the deepest teaching. A prince

is just a conceit, until he does

something with his

generosity.

Jalal al-Din Rumi