Lao Tzu Quotes
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Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.
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The Way to do is to be.
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Things are not worth attending to, yet they have to be attended to.
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Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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People aren't against you; they are for themselves. The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. He who conquers others is strong, he who conquers himself is mighty.
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He does not seek glory - yet people respect him.
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Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless.
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The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.
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To be of few words is natural.
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Water does not force its way.
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If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.
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When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains.
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The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.
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The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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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.
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The surest test if a person be sane, is if she accepts life whole, as it is.
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The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.
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By moderation one can be generous.
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Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.
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To rule by knowledge ravages the country.
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Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.
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When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.