Lao Tzu Quotes
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Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.
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The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.
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The subtlest of subtleties, this is the gateway to all mysteries.
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Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?
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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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Deal with the small before it becomes large.
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Peace and quiet govern the world.
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The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.
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If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.
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Although there are weapons for tens and hundreds of soldiers, they will not be used.
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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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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.
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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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You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.
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When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
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The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.
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Too much success is not an advantage. Do not tinkle like jade Or clatter like stone chimes.
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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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The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.
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He who controls the past controls the future.