V.J. Lao Quotes

Be the chief but never the lord.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

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.'

He who is contented is rich.

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.

He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.

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.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

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.

There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment.

There is no illusion greater than fear.

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.

Klar sieht, wer von ferne sieht, nebelhaft, wer Anteil nimmt.

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

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.

Ist eine Lehre zur Satzung erstarrt, hat sie geendet.

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.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time, ' is like saying, 'I don't want to.

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.

So the unwanting soulsees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soulsees only what it wants.

To lead people, you must follow behind.

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

When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself

One gains by losing and loses by gaining.

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

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law.

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.

Silence is a source of Great Strength.

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

Heaven's net is wide, but its mesh is fine