Lao Tzu Quotes
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
Any good person who is motivated to attain awareness of the whole truth should follow the Universal Way to calm his mind and harmonize it with all aspects of life.
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.
When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly.When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.
The past has no power to stop youfrom being present now.Only your grievance aboutthe past can do that.What is grievance?The baggage of oldthought and emotion.
To know that you do not know is the best.To think you know when you do not is a disease.Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.
In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, “We did this ourselves.
If you want to govern the people, You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people, You must learn how to follow them.
Thirty spokesShare one hub.Make the nothing therein appropriate, and you will have the use of the cart.
Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.
Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question.
If you don’t stand sincere by your wordshow sincere can the people be?Take great care over words, treasure them.1.17
Heaven’s Tao is impartial, yet those who follow its compassionate waywill always be nourished
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
free from desire, you realize the mysterycaught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
Heaven and earthbegin in the unnamed:name’s the motherof the ten thousand things.
The more laws and restrictions there are, The poorer people become....The more rules and regulations, The more thieves and robbers.
Lao Tzu "The key to growth is the introductionof higher dimensions of consciousnessinto our awareness.
The Master, by residing in the Tao, sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself, people can see his light.Because he has nothing to prove, people can trust his
No one can insult me, because I do not want respect.No one can defeat me, because I have given up the idea of winning.How can you defeat me? You can only defeat someone who wants to win.