Lao Tzu Quotes
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Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. I wish you Happy New Year and diary full of best stories ever written in your life.
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He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where a wheel isn't is where it's useful. Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the pots not is where it's useful. Cut doors and windows to make a room. Where the room isn't, there's room for you. So the profit in what is, is in the use of what isn't.
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Those who are unswerving have resolve.
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To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
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Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn't there, but you'll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
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The more we give to others, the more we are increased.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
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Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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I observe myself and I come to know others.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
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When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
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If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Silent and uncreated, it creates all things.
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The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.