Lao Tzu Quotes
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The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
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To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.
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A good wanderer leaves no trace.
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The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.
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Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.
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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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With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.
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Racing and hunting excite man's heart to madness.
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A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed. A brave and calm man will always preserve life. Of these two which is good and which is harmful?
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He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
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Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.
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Yielding, like ice about to melt.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Those who are highly evolved, maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness. Thus they are supported by it.
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Seeing the small is called Clarity. Keeping flexible is called Strength. Using the shining Radiance, You enter the Light, Where no harm can come to you. This is called Enlightenment.
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Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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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 world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.