The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting. — Laozi Copy Share Image
People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are. — 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
My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me. — Laozi Copy Share Image
To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Can you let go of words and ideas, attitudes and expectations? If so, then the Tao will loom into view. — Laozi Copy Share Image
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal. — Laozi Copy Share Image
If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage… — Laozi Copy Share Image
There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does… — 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… — Laozi Copy Share Image
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may… — 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
