Skip to content

Empty Quote by Laozi

“He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that…” quote by Laozi — Download Open image

“He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings)

Empty Filled Humility Littles Lowliness Made Succeed Worn Worn out

More by Laozi

When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.

Image

In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

Image

If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow…

Image

Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.

Image

The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.

Image

Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty…

Image

Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.

Image

Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short…

Image

The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect…

Image

What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?

Image

In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.

Image

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue…

Image

Explore all 1,140 Laozi quotes

More Empty quotes

How could anybody confuse truth with beauty, I thought as I looked at him. Truth came with sunken eyes, bony or scarred, decayed. Its…

Image

In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are…

Robert Aris Willmott

Image

The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the…

Image

Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in…

Image

No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a…

Image

Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.…

Image

“Joe!” he groaned, attempting to speak clearly. “Joe! Good ol’ Joe!” “Captain, you’re drunk!” Lofflin said, stating the obvious while trying to keep his…

Christina Engela

Image

Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is…

Jamgon Kongtrul

Image

Education turns an empty mind into an open mind. It turns information into behavioural transformation

Image

Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.

Anagarika Govinda

Image

Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which…

Maria Montessori

Image

Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat…

Mary Wollstonecraft

Image

Browse all 3,039 Empty quotes