The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It… — 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 integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's… — 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
A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by… — 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
