--- title: "16 Doors Quotes By Laozi" description: "16 Doors quotes by Laozi. Plus more from Laozi and more Doors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/laozi-147_doors_without-stepping-out-the-door-you-can-kn_2716343.jpg" --- > [Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/without-stepping-out-the-door-you-can-know-the-world/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/laozi-147_doors_without-stepping-out-the-door-you-can-kn_2716343.jpg) > [A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/a-good-door-needs-no-lock-still-it-can-t-be-opened/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/laozi-147_door_a-good-door-needs-no-lock-still-it-can-t_2348597.jpg) > [Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/cut-out-doors-and-windows-for-the-house-the-holes-make-it-useful/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/laozi-147_cutting_cut-out-doors-and-windows-for-the-house_2436188.jpg) > [Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/seal-the-openings-shut-the-doors-and-until-your-last-day-you-will-not/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/laozi-147_doors_seal-the-openings-shut-the-doors-and-unt_1440680.jpg) > [Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/seal-the-openings-shut-the-doors-dull-the-sharpness-untie-the-knots/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3c/laozi-147_doors_seal-the-openings-shut-the-doors-dull-th_953317.jpg) > [Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/keep-your-mouth-shut-and-close-up-the-doors-of-sight-and-sound-and-as/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/laozi-147_doors_keep-your-mouth-shut-and-close-up-the-do_137302.jpg) > [Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/without-going-out-of-doors-one-can-know-all-he-needs-to-know-without/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/laozi-147_achieve_without-going-out-of-doors-one-can-know_761997.jpg) > [Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where a wheel isn't is where it's useful. Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/thirty-spokes-meet-in-the-hub-where-a-wheel-isn-t-is-where-it-s/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/laozi-147_clay_thirty-spokes-meet-in-the-hub-where-a-wh_1647590.jpg) > [Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the utility of the cup depends. Doors and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/clay-is-molded-to-form-a-cup-but-it-is-on-its-non-being-that-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/laozi-147_advantage_clay-is-molded-to-form-a-cup-but-it-is-o_310802.jpg) > [When you find the way/ others will find you./ Passing by on the road/ they will be drawn to your door./ The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/when-you-find-the-way-others-will-find-you-passing-by-on-the-road/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/laozi-147_doors_when-you-find-the-way-others-will-find-y_2497645.jpg) > [We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/we-put-thirty-spokes-to-make-a-wheel-but-it-is-on-the-hole-in-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/laozi-147_advantage_we-put-thirty-spokes-to-make-a-wheel-but_1036889.jpg) > [Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/shape-clay-into-a-vessel-it-is-the-space-within-that-makes-it-useful/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/laozi-147_benefits_shape-clay-into-a-vessel-it-is-the-space_3138271.jpg) > [Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/those-who-know-do-not-speak-those-who-speak-do-not-know-stop-up-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/laozi-147_confusion_those-who-know-do-not-speak-those-who-sp_579639.jpg) > [The mystical techniques for achieving immortality are revealed only to those who have dissolved all ties to the gross worldly realm of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-mystical-techniques-for-achieving-immortality-are-revealed-only/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/laozi-147_achieve_the-mystical-techniques-for-achieving-im_1849033.jpg) > [Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/clay-is-fashioned-into-vessels-it-is-on-their-empty-hollowness-that/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/laozi-147_be-good_clay-is-fashioned-into-vessels-it-is-on_1760500.jpg) > [Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/thirty-spokes-meet-in-the-hub-but-the-empty-space-between-them-is-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/laozi-147_clay_thirty-spokes-meet-in-the-hub-but-the-em_1076164.jpg) ## Other authors on Doors ## 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/doors/laozi/#itemlist", "name": "16 Doors Quotes By Laozi", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/without-stepping-out-the-door-you-can-know-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/laozi-147_doors_without-stepping-out-the-door-you-can-kn_2716343.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/laozi-147_doors_without-stepping-out-the-door-you-can-kn_2716343.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/laozi-147_doors_without-stepping-out-the-door-you-can-kn_2716343.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.” — Laozi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/a-good-door-needs-no-lock-still-it-can-t-be-opened/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/laozi-147_door_a-good-door-needs-no-lock-still-it-can-t_2348597.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/laozi-147_door_a-good-door-needs-no-lock-still-it-can-t_2348597.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ad/laozi-147_door_a-good-door-needs-no-lock-still-it-can-t_2348597.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A good door needs no lock, still it can't be opened.” — Laozi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cut out doors and windows for the house. 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We make a vessel from a lump of clay; But it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room; But it is the empty spaces that make the room livable. 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