Lao Tzu Quotes
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A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.
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The great image lacks shape.
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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.
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Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.
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Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.
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The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
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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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True power is stillness within motion.
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Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.
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You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.
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The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.
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Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.
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Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.
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Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.
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All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.
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Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
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If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
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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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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.
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The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
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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 Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold on to: no illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn't think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds nothing back from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day's work.
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Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge.