Lao Tzu Quotes
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Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.
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Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.
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Stay at the center and let all things take their course.
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The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.
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No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.
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The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.
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Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes.
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What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.
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He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.
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The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small.
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He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.
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He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.
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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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There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly.
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The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.
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The master understands that the universe is forever out of control.
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The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
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A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.