All Laozi Quotes
- Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength. Conquer
- A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men. Water is… Aggressors
- Those who are highly evolved, maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness. Thus they are supported… Awareness
- Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life. Death
- Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small. Act
- When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft… All
- What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work… Accept
- The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold… Action
- The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise. Inspirational
- Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where a wheel isn't is where it's useful. Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the pots not is… Clay
- (The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere,… Always Available
- {The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world. Accomplished
- If you attach yourself to gross energies - loving this person, hating that clan, rejecting one experience or habitually indulging in another - then you… Attach
- Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts. Acts
- The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided… Attached
- In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped. Acquired
- Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts,… Body
- ...The sage, traveling all day, Does not lose sight of his baggage. Though there are beautiful things to be seen, He remains unattached and calm. All
- To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness. Only when we… Cease
- To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment… Abide
- . . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness,… Attitude
- . . . Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom. Funny
- Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness. Clearly
- Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it. Cooking
- Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances… Acting