All Laozi Quotes
- The value of actions lies in their timing. Achievement
- Act without striving. Work without interfering. Find the flavour in what is flavourless. Act
- Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you… Brag
- Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving. Action
- Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. Cook
- He who knows himself is enlightened. Enlightened
- Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven. All
- The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones. Ambition
- The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance. Avoids
- The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others. Benefits
- There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more. Desire
- The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each… Came
- Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value.… Choice
- What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation. Firmly
- The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve. Eat
- Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone. Action
- Before healing others, heal yourself Heal
- Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die. Blocked
- There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding… Alone
- Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand… Acting
- A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A… Arriving
- Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity Eternity
- Take care with the end as you do with the beginning Beginning
- In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go End
- Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose Gain