Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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Return animosity with virtue.
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Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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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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I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.
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I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.
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Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is called the profound union.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
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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.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.
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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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Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.
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Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.
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When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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The brittle is easy to shatter.
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A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).
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When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.
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...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm.