--- title: "7 Concepts Quotes By Laozi" description: "7 Concepts quotes by Laozi. Plus more from Laozi and more Concepts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/laozi-147_attachment_most-of-the-world-s-religions-serve-only_222635.jpg" --- > [Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/most-of-the-world-s-religions-serve-only-to-strengthen-attachments-to/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb2/laozi-147_attachment_most-of-the-world-s-religions-serve-only_222635.jpg) > [Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/tao-is-beyond-words-and-beyond-understanding-words-may-be-used-to/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/laozi-147_ambition_tao-is-beyond-words-and-beyond-understan_1018896.jpg) > [Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/stop-trying-to-control-let-go-of-fixed-plans-and-concepts-and-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/laozi-147_concepts_stop-trying-to-control-let-go-of-fixed-p_1036950.jpg) > [. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/integral-wisdom-involves-a-direct-participation-in-every-moment-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/laozi-147_attitude_integral-wisdom-involves-a-direct-partic_1179354.jpg) > [The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-ego-is-entranced-by-names-and-ideas-however-names-and-concepts/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f0/laozi-147_bewildered_the-ego-is-entranced-by-names-and-ideas_1949420.jpg) > [The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-sense-organs-which-are-limited-in-scope-and-ability-randomly/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/laozi-147_ability_the-sense-organs-which-are-limited-in-sc_2087971.jpg) > [A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/a-good-traveler-has-no-fixed-plans-and-is-not-intent-upon-arriving-a-2/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/laozi-147_arriving_a-good-traveler-has-no-fixed-plans-and-i_2719084.jpg) ## Other authors on Concepts ## 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/concepts/laozi/#itemlist", "name": "7 Concepts Quotes By Laozi", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. 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