Lao Tzu Quotes
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The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.
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Heaven is eternal, earth everlasting. they endure this way because they do not live for themselves. in the same way, the wise person puts himself last, and thereby finds himself first, holds himself outside, and thereby remains at the center, abandons himself, and is thereby fulfilled.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?
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Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.
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The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.
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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Peace and quiet govern the world.
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Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.
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{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world.
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The one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feet.
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Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.
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They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.
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Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
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When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
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He who controls the past controls the future.
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There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is the mother of the universe. For lack of a better name, I call it the Tao. It flows through all things, inside and outside, and returns to the origin of all things. The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows the earth. Earth follows the universe. The universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.
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He who stands on tiptoe is not steady. He who strides cannot maintain the pace. He who makes a show is not enlightened. He who is self-righteous is not respected. He who boasts achieves nothing. He who brags will not endure. According to followers of the Tao, "These are extra food and unnecessary luggage." They do not bring happiness, therefore followers of the Tao avoid them.
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The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.
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The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!
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Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.
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Yielding is the way of the Tao.
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Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.
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Clay is used to make vases, but it is the emptiness they contain that makes them useful.