If You Want To Eliminate Suffering

If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

~Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu – or Laozi (6th century BCE) was a philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching (often simply referred to as Laozi). He is considered the founder of philosophical Taoism (pronounced as “Daoism”).

Photo: A stone sculpture of Laozi, located north of Quanzhou at the foot of Mount Qingyuan, China