Lao Tzu Quotes
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Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
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Those who are highly evolved, maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness. Thus they are supported by it.
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When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.
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The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
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When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.
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The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.
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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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Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.
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Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.
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The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
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The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
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True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.
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What is and what is not create each other.
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The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.
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Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.
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The noble must make humility his root.
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I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.
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What is well planted will not be uprooted.
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To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.