Lao Tzu Quotes
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I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.
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The Tao is like a well; used but never used up.
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Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.
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When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.
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Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.
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Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.
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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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People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.
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That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.
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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.
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Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?
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All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart.
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To be learned, add something each day. To be enlightened drop something each day.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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To be of few words is natural.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.
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A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.
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Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small.