Taoism Quotes
- The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or… — Laozi
- The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets… — Laozi
- Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one… — Laozi
- The purest white seems stained. — Laozi
- The grandest virtue seems deficient. — Laozi
- The sturdiest virtue seems fragile. — Laozi
- The most fundamental seems fickle. — Laozi
- The perfect square lacks corners. — Laozi
- The highest tone is hard to hear. — Laozi
- The great image lacks shape. — Laozi
- Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining. — Laozi
- What has no substance can penetrate what has no opening. — Laozi
- The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted. — Laozi
- The most straight seems curved. — Laozi
- The most able seems clumsy. — Laozi
- The most eloquent seems to stutter. — Laozi
- Make the small big and the few many. — Laozi
- Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful. — Laozi
- Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful. — Laozi
- Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful. — Laozi