Lao Tzu Quotes
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength.
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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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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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In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.
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There are three layers to the universe. In the lower, Tai Ching, and the middle, Shan Ching, the hindrance of a physical bodily existence is required. Those who fail to live consistently in accord with the Tao reside here. In the upper, Yu Ching, there is only Tao: the bondage of form is broken, and the only thing existing is the exquisite energy dance of the immortal divine beings.
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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge.
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I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.
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. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this, her very existence benefits all things.
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Treat the large as the small and the few as the many.
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Everything will settle in its own place automatically.
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I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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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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To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.
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Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.
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True power is stillness within motion.
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The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.
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Use the Light that dwells within you to regain your natural clarity of sight.
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The truest sayings are paradoxical.
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It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.
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Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there.
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A good speaker does not stutter.
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People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.