I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
My words are easy to understand and easy to perform, Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.
Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.
The innocence of children is their wisdom, the simplicity of children is their egolessness. The freshness of the child is the freshness of your consciousness, which never becomes old, which always remains young.
The mind of an ordinary man is truly near the heart.
What a wise man knows seems so plain and simple to himself that he easily makes the mistake of thinking it to be so for others.
Politicians make this error very frequently.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
I try to live joyfully and the by the rule of treating others how you'd want to be treated - that's a good one to stick by.
Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.
My philosophy is very simple: when in doubt, take a bath.
You don't have to fight dragons to write books. You just have to live deeply the life you've been given.
I think that life has a secret, and children they hold that secret. Maybe it's not given to everybody to discover this thing.
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet . Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said. "What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist,"I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh," he said. "It is," I said. "That's not about Taoism," he said. "Oh, yes it is," I said.
The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.
Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit
To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Life just makes so much more sense with black framed glasses on.
I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived with something in common among men.
People are trying to be smart - all I am trying to do is not to be idiotic, but it's harder than most people think.
A child is a reinvigorating experience. It almost does feel like immortality, but not in the way people think. It reminds us there are universal truths that are most simply seen through the mind of a young person.
Everything I've ever taught in terms of self-help boils down to this - I cannot believe people keep paying me to say this - if something feels really good for you, you might want to do it. And if it feels really horrible, you might want to consider not doing it. Thank you, give me my $150.
In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.