Lao Tzu Quotes
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Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!
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Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
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Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
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He who stands on tiptoe doesn't stand firm. He who rushes ahead doesn't go far. He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't know who he really is. He who has power over others can't empower himself. He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures.
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Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
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Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.
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That so few understand me is why I am treasured.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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In work, do what you enjoy.
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The noble must make humility his root.
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My words are easy to understand and easy to perform, Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.
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Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light.
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If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.
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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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If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.
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Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.
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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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People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.
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The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.