Lao Tzu Quotes
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Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.
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Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.
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It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.
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What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?
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The more you know the less you understand.
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I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.
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Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.
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For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.
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The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.
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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.
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When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.
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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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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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Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.
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Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.
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One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like the female throughout the world, who by quiescence always overcomes the male. And quiescence is a form of humility.
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Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.
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Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.
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Knowledge studies others, wisdom is self known.