The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it. — Laozi Copy Share Image
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few. — Laozi Copy Share Image
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal. — Laozi Copy Share Image
In order to contract, It is necessary first to expand. In order to weaken, It is necessary first to strengthen. In order… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap.… — 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
