All Laozi Quotes
- Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness. Abide
- Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal. Eternal
- Stillness is the ruler of haste. Haste
- Stillness overcomes heat. Heat
- Stillness is easy to maintain. Easy
- A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered. Centered
- Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves. Completed
- To be of few words is natural. Few
- Peace and quiet govern the world. Govern
- Where there is no conflict, there is no fault. Conflict
- Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation. Deprivation
- The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it. Harmony
- Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity. Called
- Praise and disgrace cause fear. Cause
- Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear. Causes
- The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be? Body
- Must one dread what others dread? Dread
- If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death? Afraid
- If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare? Breaking
- When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is… Benevolence
- Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion. Beginning
- When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise. Arise
- There is no greater disaster than discontent. Disaster
- Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force. Breath
- The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female. Called