--- title: "4 Liezi Quotes" description: "The Liezi is a Taoist text attributed to Lie Yukou, a c. 5th century BC Hundred Schools of Thought philosopher. Although there were references to Lie's ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/liezi-73849_firmness_develop-flexibility-and-you-will-be-firm_186610.jpg" --- # Liezi **4** quotes in **45** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet The Liezi is a Taoist text attributed to Lie Yukou, a c. 5th century BC Hundred Schools of Thought philosopher. Although there were references to Lie's Liezi from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, a number of Chinese and Western scholars believe that the content of the current text was compiled around t ## Quotes by Liezi > [“Develop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liezi/develop-flexibility-and-you-will-be-firm-cultivate-yielding-and-you/) [Liezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liezi/) [Firmness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firmness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/liezi-73849_firmness_develop-flexibility-and-you-will-be-firm_186610.jpg) > [“Travel is such a wonderful experience! Especially when you forget you are traveling. Then you will enjoy whatever you see and do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liezi/travel-is-such-a-wonderful-experience-especially-when-you-forget-you/) [Liezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liezi/) [Journey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/liezi-73849_journey_travel-is-such-a-wonderful-experience-es_413076.jpg) > [“Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. However, when they have all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liezi/some-people-think-they-can-find-satisfaction-in-good-food-fine/) [Liezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liezi/) [Artificiality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artificiality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/liezi-73849_artificiality_some-people-think-they-can-find-satisfac_530337.jpg) > [“Let your eyes see what they see, not what others want you to see. Let your ears hear what they naturally hear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liezi/let-your-eyes-see-what-they-see-not-what-others-want-you-to-see-let/) [Liezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liezi/) [Constraints](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constraints/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/liezi-73849_constraints_let-your-eyes-see-what-they-see-not-what_2662816.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liezi/#itemlist", "name": "Liezi Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Develop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liezi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liezi/develop-flexibility-and-you-will-be-firm-cultivate-yielding-and-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/liezi-73849_firmness_develop-flexibility-and-you-will-be-firm_186610.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/liezi-73849_firmness_develop-flexibility-and-you-will-be-firm_186610.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/liezi-73849_firmness_develop-flexibility-and-you-will-be-firm_186610.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Develop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.” — Liezi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Travel is such a wonderful experience! 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They can no longer see, hear, act, feel, or think from their hearts. Everything they do is dictated by whether it can get them social gains. In the end, they've spent their lives following other people's demands and never lived a life of their own. 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