Lao Tzu Quotes
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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
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How do I know about the world? By what is within me.
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If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.
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Nature does not have to insist.
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Racing through the field and hunting make the mind wild.
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If you would take, you must first give.
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Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.
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The most straight seems curved.
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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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The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.
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Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.
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Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.
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Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.
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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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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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I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.
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In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.
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Those who know when to halt are unharmed.
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Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.
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Hold on to the center and make up your mind to rejoice in this paradise called life.
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The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.