He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act. — Laozi Copy Share Image
All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath. — Laozi Copy Share Image
ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded… — Laozi Copy Share Image
. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite?… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do… — Laozi Copy Share Image
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The… — Laozi Copy Share Image
If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew… — Laozi Copy Share Image
If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The great Tao flows everywhere. All things are born from it, yet it doesn't create them. It pours itself into its work,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. What does it mean that success is a dangerous as… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that… — Laozi Copy Share Image
It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven. — Laozi Copy Share
If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow… — Laozi Copy Share
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that… — Laozi Copy Share
Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty… — Laozi Copy Share
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short… — Laozi Copy Share
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… — Laozi Copy Share
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue… — Laozi Copy Share
There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades… — Laozi Copy Share
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… — Laozi Copy Share
