All Laozi Quotes
- In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally… Age
- Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own… Accept
- If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only… Angel
- There are three layers to the universe. In the lower, Tai Ching, and the middle, Shan Ching, the hindrance of a physical bodily existence is… Accord
- When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being… Acts
- Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying… Acting
- He who talks more is sooner exhausted. Exhausted
- I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. Any
- The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her… Beyond
- Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao. All
- By following this simple path, you become extraordinary, unfathomable, a being of profound cosmic subtlety. You outlive time and space by realizing the subtle truth… Become Extraordinary
- Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your… Appeal
- First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world. Community
- Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus,… Advantage
- For one gains by losing And loses by gaining. Courage
- Because every portion of the body, mind, and spirit yearns for the integration of yin and yang, angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather… Angelic
- The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not… Bad
- . . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm. Appears
- In order to contract, It is necessary first to expand. In order to weaken, It is necessary first to strengthen. In order to destroy, It… Called
- A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful… Angry
- Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what… Achieved
- The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial: they abide with realities, they… Abide
- Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising… All
- There is no illusion great than fear. Fear
- Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil. Evil