Lao Tzu Quotes
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When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome.
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You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.
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I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.
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Those who show off do not shine.
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Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.
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Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.
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The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.
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Peace is our natural state of being.
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If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
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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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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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Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.
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The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete.
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Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.
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What's the difference between yes and no?
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Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.
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The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide with realities, they do not remain with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.
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My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription; not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.
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True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.
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The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.