Lao Tzu Quotes
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.
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When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.
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The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.
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Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
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Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities.
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The Tao principle is what happens of itself.
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Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.
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Stillness is easy to maintain.
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The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.
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Because every portion of the body, mind, and spirit yearns for the integration of yin and yang, angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs. . . . Where ordinary intercourse unites sex organs with sex organs, angelic cultivation unites spirit with spirit, mind with mind, and every cell of one body with every cell of the other body.
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Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.
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The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.
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When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
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The truest sayings are paradoxical.
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If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.
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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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Return animosity with virtue.