All Laozi Quotes
- Requite injury with kindness. Injury
- On the one hand, loss implies gain; on the other hand, gain implies loss. Gain
- The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase. Increase
- He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love. Dispute
- The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects. All
- When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally. Accomplished
- He who regards many things easy will find many difficulties. Therefore the sage regards things difficult, and consequently never has difficulties. Consequently
- Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But… All
- Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied. Capable
- Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature. Embrace
- Truth sounds paradoxical! Inspirational
- The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite. Celebrated
- To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter. Conquest
- He who has little will receive. He who has much will be embarrassed. Embarrassed
- Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so… Arms
- Empty your mind of all thoughts. All
- A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if… Cannot Sustain
- Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be,… Benefiting
- Can you be still and look inside?If so, then you know the truth is always available, and always responsive. Always Available
- Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union. Brightness
- Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us. Greatest
- All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do… Alike
- To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who… Accept
- A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk. Listens
- Guns don't kill people - people do. Gun