All Laozi Quotes
- If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one… Arise
- Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion,… Assume
- Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there… Ambition
- Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them... If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with… Behind
- If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it.… Easy
- Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment.… Achieved
- Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your… Approval
- Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. Courage
- When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you… Amused
- True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise.… Doe
- All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people,… Ahead
- Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil… Able
- In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak… Accordingly
- My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice… Easy
- All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find… All
- Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations. Caught
- Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish. Boiling
- Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and… Abandon
- If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever. Forever
- Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. .… All