Lao Tzu Quotes
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When taxes are too high, people go hungry.
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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
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The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous judgments, which are usually based on someone else's foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a highly selective memory system.
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No weapon is sharper than will.
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What's the difference between yes and no?
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The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.
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If you would take, you must first give.
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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
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He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.
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Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Those who know when to halt are unharmed.
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Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.
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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.
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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.
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Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.
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Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.
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People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.
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The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.
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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.