Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world. — Laozi Copy Share Image
First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the… — 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
Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored. — Laozi Copy Share Image
We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world… — Laozi Copy Share Image
When the world is ruled according to the Way, the ghosts lose their power. The ghosts do not really lose their power,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of… — 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
