All Laozi Quotes
- All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry. All
- The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions. Companion
- Let people take death seriously, and not travel far. Death
- Seeing the small is called clarity. Called
- Use the light to return to clarity. Clarity
- Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly. Beginning
- The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower. Flower
- If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you. Inspirational
- Yielding is the way of the Tao. Acceptance
- Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. Beings
- The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he… Determinism
- Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes. Art
- The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries. Art
- The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating.… Aggressiveness
- Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good. Corrupt
- How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers… Becomes
- Be merciful, moderate, and modest. Inspirational
- Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and… Appreciate
- . . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of… Desperate
- He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest… Achieved
- Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you… Accept
- Stay at the center and let all things take their course. All
- Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken. Army
- Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early… Early
- Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes… Cannot Enter