Lao Tzu Quotes
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Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?
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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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The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.
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The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!
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People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.
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The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.
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He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.
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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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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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Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.
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Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.
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Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.
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Clay is used to make vases, but it is the emptiness they contain that makes them useful.
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Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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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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The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.
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Returning is the movement of the Way.
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What resists, persists.
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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 higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.
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You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.