Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world. — 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
Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength. — 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
Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Knowing constancy, the mind is open. With an open mind, you will be openhearted. Being openhearted you will act royally. Being royal,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose; tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing;… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven. — Laozi Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
