Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Heaven's net is very vast. It is sparsely meshed, yet nothing slips through. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones. — Laozi Copy Share Image
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored. — Laozi Copy Share Image
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. — Laozi Copy Share Image
From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not. — 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
