--- title: "17 Names Quotes By Laozi" description: "17 Names quotes by Laozi. Plus more from Laozi and more Names sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/laozi-147_gave_gave-their-right-names-to-things-without_2727010.jpg" --- > [“gave their (right) names to things without seeing them;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/gave-their-right-names-to-things-without-seeing-them/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/laozi-147_gave_gave-their-right-names-to-things-without_2727010.jpg) > [Its name-what passes not away;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/its-name-what-passes-not-away/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/laozi-147_funny_its-name-what-passes-not-away-2030949_2030949.jpg) > [As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/as-soon-as-rules-were-made-names-were-given-there-are-already-many/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/laozi-147_enough_as-soon-as-rules-were-made-names-were-gi_2704804.jpg) > [From now back to antiquity, its (Tao's) name has not been lost. Thereby, see the origin of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/from-now-back-to-antiquity-its-tao-s-name-has-not-been-lost-thereby/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/laozi-147_antiquity_from-now-back-to-antiquity-its-tao-s-nam_3065476.jpg) > [I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/i-do-not-know-its-name-i-call-it-the-way-for-the-lack-of-better-words/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/laozi-147_inspirational_i-do-not-know-its-name-i-call-it-the-way_2634765.jpg) > [The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-tao-that-can-be-told-is-not-the-eternal-tao-the-name-that-can-be/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/laozi-147_book-of-tao_the-tao-that-can-be-told-is-not-the-eter_903885.jpg) > [Your name or your body, what is dearer? Your body or your wealth, what is worthier?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/your-name-or-your-body-what-is-dearer-your-body-or-your-wealth-what/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/laozi-147_body_your-name-or-your-body-what-is-dearer-yo_871424.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) > [There is something obscure which is complete before heaven and earth arose; tranquil, quiet, standing alone without change, moving without peril. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/there-is-something-obscure-which-is-complete-before-heaven-and-earth/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/laozi-147_change_there-is-something-obscure-which-is-comp_2579558.jpg) > [Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/ever-desireless-one-can-see-the-mystery-ever-desiring-one-can-see-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/laozi-147_darkness_ever-desireless-one-can-see-the-mystery_3197377.jpg) > [We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/we-desire-to-understand-the-world-by-giving-names-to-the-things-we/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/laozi-147_desire_we-desire-to-understand-the-world-by-giv_2778677.jpg) > [When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/when-good-thing-are-accomplished-it-does-not-claim-or-name-them-this/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/laozi-147_accomplished_when-good-thing-are-accomplished-it-does_1269240.jpg) > [There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/there-is-a-thing-inherent-and-natural-which-existed-before-heaven-and/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/laozi-147_earth_there-is-a-thing-inherent-and-natural-wh_34265.jpg) > [The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-tao-that-can-be-told-is-not-the-eternal-tao-the-name-that-can-be-2/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/laozi-147_arise_the-tao-that-can-be-told-is-not-the-eter_1186038.jpg) > [The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-tao-can-t-be-perceived-smaller-than-an-electron-it-contains/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/laozi-147_all-things_the-tao-can-t-be-perceived-smaller-than_731437.jpg) > [There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/there-was-something-formless-and-perfect-before-the-universe-was-born/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/laozi-147_all-things_there-was-something-formless-and-perfect_1669792.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) ## Other authors on Names ## 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/names/laozi/#itemlist", "name": "17 Names Quotes By Laozi", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“gave their (right) names to things without seeing them;”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/gave-their-right-names-to-things-without-seeing-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/laozi-147_gave_gave-their-right-names-to-things-without_2727010.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/laozi-147_gave_gave-their-right-names-to-things-without_2727010.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/laozi-147_gave_gave-their-right-names-to-things-without_2727010.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“gave their (right) names to things without seeing them;” — Laozi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Its name-what passes not away;", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/its-name-what-passes-not-away/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/laozi-147_funny_its-name-what-passes-not-away-2030949_2030949.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/laozi-147_funny_its-name-what-passes-not-away-2030949_2030949.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/laozi-147_funny_its-name-what-passes-not-away-2030949_2030949.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Its name-what passes not away;” — Laozi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As soon as rules were made, names were given. 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