Lao Tzu Quotes
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Lightly given promises must meet with little trust.
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Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.
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The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.
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The longer you travel, the less you know.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing.
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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.
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Yielding is the manner of the Way.
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There is no greater disaster than discontent.
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Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.
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What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.
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A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.
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Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.
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Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
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The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)
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Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.
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Dualistic thinking is a sickness.
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Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.