All Laozi Quotes
- Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those… Attained
- If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow… Allow
- Be truly whole, and all things will return to you. All
- A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. Artist
- Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin… Actions
- The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being. Acting
- One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others. Cannot Reflect
- We are all capable of much more than we think we are. All
- The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. Awareness
- When the student is ready the teacher will appear. Appear
- Nature is not human hearted. Hearted
- Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Flow
- The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice. Afraid
- Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it. Cooking
- A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from… Blade
- He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment. Clever
- Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Approval
- Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Country
- Build up virtue, and you master all. Action
- When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be… Carry