--- title: "10 Abandon Quotes By Laozi" description: "10 Abandon quotes by Laozi. Plus more from Laozi and more Abandon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-knowledge-and-your-worries-are-o_1214643.jpg" --- > [Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-knowledge-and-your-worries-are-over/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-knowledge-and-your-worries-are-o_1214643.jpg) > [Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-benevolence-discard-duty-and-people-will-return-to-the-family/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-benevolence-discard-duty-and-peo_1038445.jpg) > [Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-cleverness-discard-profit-and-thieves-and-robbers-will/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-cleverness-discard-profit-and-th_632252.jpg) > [Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-wisdom-discard-knowledge-and-people-will-benefit-a-hundredfold/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-wisdom-discard-knowledge-and-peo_1591074.jpg) > [Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-learning-and-there-will-be-no-sorrow/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-learning-and-there-will-be-no-so_2289856.jpg) > [Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/fine-words-are-traded-noble-deeds-gain-respect-but-people-who-are-not/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/laozi-147_abandon_fine-words-are-traded-noble-deeds-gain-r_366874.jpg) > [Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-fancy-theologies-and-imaginary-ideas-and-do-some-ordinary/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-fancy-theologies-and-imaginary-i_1984844.jpg) > [Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/can-you-dissolve-your-ego-can-you-abandon-the-idea-of-self-and-other/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/laozi-147_abandon_can-you-dissolve-your-ego-can-you-abando_21291.jpg) > [The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-great-tao-flows-everywhere-to-the-left-and-to-the-right-all/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/laozi-147_abandon_the-great-tao-flows-everywhere-to-the-le_1192539.jpg) > [heaven is eternal, earth everlasting. they endure this way because they do not live for themselves. in the same way, the wise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/heaven-is-eternal-earth-everlasting-they-endure-this-way-because-they/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/laozi-147_abandon_heaven-is-eternal-earth-everlasting-they_2804665.jpg) ## Other authors on Abandon ## More by Laozi > [When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/when-you-have-accomplished-your-goal-simply-walk-away-this-is-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-lightness-the-root-is-lost-in-haste-the-ruler-is-lost/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/if-the-sage-wants-to-stand-above-people-he-must-speak-to-them-from/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/goodie-goodies-are-the-thieves-of-virtue/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/he-that-humbles-himself-shall-be-preserved-entire-he-that-bends-shall/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-way-of-the-sage-is-to-act-but-not-to-compete/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/do-nondoing-strive-for-nonstriving-savor-the-flavorless-regard-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/without-looking-through-the-window-you-can-see-heaven-s-way/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/can-you-dissolve-your-ego-can-you-abandon-the-idea-of-self-and-other/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-tao-is-the-center-of-the-universe-the-good-man-s-treasure-the-bad/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/what-s-the-difference-between-beautiful-and-ugly/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-stillness-the-muddied-water-returns-to-clarity/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/he-the-sage-is-good-to-those-who-are-good-he-is-also-good-to-those/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/there-is-a-thing-inherent-and-natural-which-existed-before-heaven-and/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/what-is-a-good-man-but-a-bad-man-s-teacher-what-is-a-bad-man-but-a/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon/laozi/#itemlist", "name": "10 Abandon Quotes By Laozi", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/abandon-knowledge-and-your-worries-are-over/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-knowledge-and-your-worries-are-o_1214643.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/laozi-147_abandon_abandon-knowledge-and-your-worries-are-o_1214643.jpg", "url": 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