Lao Tzu Quotes
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Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.
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Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?
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Let people take death seriously, and not travel far.
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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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When two opposing sides meet in battle, the one without an enemy will be victorious.
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In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.
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Use the Light that dwells within you to regain your natural clarity of sight.
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If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.
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A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.
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If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
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True power is stillness within motion.
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He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.
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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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The best form of leadership is to be conscious of the leadership potential with the followers and to let them unleash this potential in a spontaneous way. When a great leader accomplishes this task with effortless ease, the followers say, "We did it ourselves."
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The truest sayings are paradoxical.
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He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
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Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness.
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The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is better to retreat a yard." This is called going forward without advancing, pushing back without using weapons. There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your enemy. Underestimating your enemy means thinking that he is evil. Thus you destroy your three treasures and become an enemy yourself. When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.
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Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.
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The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
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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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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.