Lao Tzu Quotes
-
Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.
-
Those who know when to halt are unharmed.
-
The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.
-
Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?
-
The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.
-
What's the difference between yes and no?
-
The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?
-
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
-
The longer you travel, the less you know.
-
The highest tone is hard to hear.
-
Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.
-
Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.
-
Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.
-
True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. True fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present. True straightness seems crooked. True wisdom seems foolish. True art seems artless. The Master allows things to happen. She shapes events as they come. She steps out of the way and lets the Tao speak for itself.
-
Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity.
-
The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.
-
To lead, one must follow.
-
A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
-
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
-
Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.
-
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
-
I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.
-
If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
-
Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.