The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When Simplicity is broken up, it is made into instruments. Evolved individuals who employ them, are made into leaders. In this way,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them. — Laozi Copy Share Image
To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them. — 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
