All Laozi Quotes
- Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them. Benefits
- He who is attached to things will suffer much. Attached
- Dualistic thinking is a sickness. Dualistic
- When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Go
- Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Beautiful
- He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. Controls
- Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.' Created
- A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth. Begins
- Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Desire
- If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind. Act
- Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless. Fearless
- Be the chief but never the lord. Chief
- Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. Inspirational
- I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Compassion
- All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. All
- An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. Ant
- Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness. Calm
- People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was… Affair
- A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Arriving
- The words of truth are always paradoxical. Always Paradoxical
- In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. Attacking
- He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. Conquer
- A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. Aim
- For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. Business
- The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete. Act