All Laozi Quotes
- When there is no desire, all things are at peace All
- What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out Firmly
- To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something Add
- Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. Dangerous
- Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life. Animal
- The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received. Credit
- The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man. Favorites
- If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees. Anger
- Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat. Activity
- In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. Close
- If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. Become Full
- If you want to be given everything, give everything up. Everything Give
- The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed.… All
- Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from… Action
- The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them.… Abandon
- The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like… All
- The more you know the less you understand. Funny
- Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your… Approached
- People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge. Difficult
- Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love. Creates
- The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced. Criminals
- A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth;… Arms
- Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those… Cunning
- Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony. Ceremony
- We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable. Hammer