All Laozi Quotes
- Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman? Act
- A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female. Country
- The female always surpasses the male with stillness. In her stillness she is yielding. Always Surpasses
- Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby? Baby
- The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby. Baby
- When family ties are disturbed, devoted children arise. Arise
- Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties. Abandon
- Yielding, like ice about to melt. Ice
- Wear down to be renewed. Down
- The soft and weak overcome the hard and strong. Hard
- Yielding is the manner of the Way. Inspirational
- The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world. Hardest
- Holding on to the weak is called strength. Called
- The rigid tree will be felled. Felled
- The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above. Belong
- The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it. Everybody
- Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning? Care
- He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world. Body
- In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them. Four
- Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force. Dare
- If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew would fall. People… Abide
- If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown. Exalted
- What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves. Call
- Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal. Cultivate
- The one who rules like the mother lasts long. Lasts