All LAOZI Quotes about “Heart”

“If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”
“Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.”
“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.”
“Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”
“In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always on the side of the good man.”
“Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.”
“The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.”
“In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.”
“The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.”
“Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. . . . If we remain obsessed with seeds and eggs, we are married to the fertile reproductive valley of the Mysterious Mother but not to her immeasurable heart and all-knowing mind.”
“Knowing constancy, the mind is open. With an open mind, you will be openhearted. Being openhearted you will act royally. Being royal, you will attain the divine. Being divine, you will be at one with the Tao. Being at one with the Tao is eternal. Though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.”
“If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.”
“In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.”

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