percolating thoughts (#6)

['Percolating thoughts' is an on-going collection of quotes I have found and gained wisdom from.  These are the ones that I've recently discovered and that I'm currently sitting with and reflecting on...]

"It's not where you look that matters, it's what you see."
-Anonymous

"Every difficulty, disharmony and obstacle is either because we refuse to let go of what we no longer need, or refuse to accept what we require.”
-Anonymous

"If you want to shrink something, you must first expand it.  If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish."

-Tao

"Knowing other people is intelligence, knowing yourself is power.  Mastering other people is strength, mastering yourself is power.  If you realize that what you have is enough, you are truly rich."
-Tao

"If you want to be whole, you must first be partial.  If you want to be straight, you must first bee crooked.  If you want to be full, you must first become empty.  If you want to be reborn, you must first die.  If you want everything, give up everything.  If you don't display yourself, people will see your light.  If you have nothing to prove, people will trust you.  If you don't try to be something, people will see themselves in you."

-Tao