Lao Tzu Quotes
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.
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A good wanderer leaves no trace.
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Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.
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How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true; integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.
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Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.
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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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To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.
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If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.
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Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.
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I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.
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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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If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals... These angelic teachers cannot be sought out; it is they who seek out the student. When you succeed in connecting your energy with the divine realm through high awareness and the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the transmission of the ultimate subtle truths will follow.
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I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world.
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The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.
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The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!
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People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.
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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
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The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This is why it is so similar to the Way.
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The man of knowledge acquires something new everyday, and the man of Tao lets go of something new every day.
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In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle - this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly.
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Yielding is the way of the Tao.
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To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!
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Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat.