Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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I am at peace, and people become fair by themselves.
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?
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When taxes are too high, people go hungry.
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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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If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
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Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes.
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The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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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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When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.
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Peace is our natural state of being.
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There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.
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Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?
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People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.
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Health is the greatest possession.
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Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.
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Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.
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When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.
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Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.
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A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.
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Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.