Lao Tzu Quotes
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For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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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.
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Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.
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The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.
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Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.
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Lightly given promises must meet with little trust.
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
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A violent wind does not last for a whole morning.
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If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.
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These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.
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When the worst student hears about the Way, he laughs out loud. If he did not laugh, it would be unworthy of being the Way.
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No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.
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A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.
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As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.
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Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
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Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.
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Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.