Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise. — Laozi Copy Share Image
My words are easy to understand and easy to perform, Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in order to reflect and meditate on our… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit. — Laozi Copy Share Image
To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident. — Laozi Copy Share Image
. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is… — 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
The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more… — 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
