Lao Tzu Quotes And Sayings

He Who Knows, Does Not Speak. He Who Speaks, Does Not Know.

To Lead People Walk Behind Them.

Because Of A Great Love, One Is Courageous.

Man's Enemies Are Not Demons, But Human Beings Like Himself.

If You Realize That All Things Change, There Is Nothing You Will Try To Hold On To. If You Are Not Afraid Of Dying, There Is Nothing You Cannot Achieve.

Life Is A Series Of Natural And Spontaneous Changes. Don't Resist Them - That Only Creates Sorrow. Let Reality Be Reality. Let Things Flow Naturally Forward In Whatever Way They Like.

He Who Does Not Trust Enough, Will Not Be Trusted.

Anticipate The Difficult By Managing The Easy.

He Who Is Contented Is Rich.

From Caring Comes Courage.

Respond Intelligently Even To Unintelligent Treatment.

At The Center Of Your Being You Have The Answer; You Know Who You Are And You Know What You Want.

One Who Is Too Insistent On His Own Views, Finds Few To Agree With Him.

I Do Not Concern Myself With Gods And Spirits Either Good Or Evil Nor Do I Serve Any.

One Can Not Reflect In Streaming Water. Only Those Who Know Internal Peace Can Give It To Others.

Truthful Words Are Not Beautiful; Beautiful Words Are Not Truthful. Good Words Are Not Persuasive; Persuasive Words Are Not Good.

A Good Traveler Has No Fixed Plans, And Is Not Intent On Arriving.

Heaven Is Long-enduring, And Earth Continues Long. The Reason Why Heaven And Earth Are Able To Endure And Continue Thus Long Is Because They Do Not Live Of, Or For, Themselves.

If You Keep Feeling A Point That Has Been Sharpened, The Point Cannot Long Preserve Its Sharpness.

Great Indeed Is The Sublimity Of The Creative, To Which All Beings Owe Their Beginning And Which Permeates All Heaven.

It Is Better To Do One's Own Duty, However Defective It May Be, Than To Follow The Duty Of Another, However Well One May Perform It. He Who Does His Duty As His Own Nature Reveals It, Never Sins.

The People Are Hungry: It Is Because Those In Authority Eat Up Too Much In Taxes.

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 Another There Will Be Filial Duty And Love. When States Are In Confusion There Will Be Faithful Servants.

He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened.

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 Else He Disappears Into The Silent Forest.

Be The Chief But Never The Lord.

Life And Death Are One Thread, The Same Line Viewed From Different Sides.

I Have Just Three Things To Teach: Simplicity, Patience, Compassion. These Three Are Your Greatest Treasures.

The More Laws And Order Are Made Prominent, The More Thieves And Robbers There Will Be.

To Realize That You Do Not Understand Is A Virtue; Not To Realize That You Do Not Understand Is A Defect.

He Who Talks More Is Sooner Exhausted.

Love Is Of All Passions The Strongest, For It Attacks Simultaneously The Head, The Heart And The Senses.

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 Goes The Less One Knows.

There Was Something Undifferentiated And Yet Complete, Which Existed Before Heaven And Earth. Soundless And Formless, It Depends On Nothing And Does Not Change. It Operates Everywhere And Is Free From Danger. It May Be Considered The Mother Of The Universe. I Do Not Know Its Name; I Call It Tao.

The Tao That Can Be Told Is Not The Eternal Tao; The Name That Can Be Named Is Not The Eternal Name. The Nameless Is The Origin Of Heaven And Earth; The Named Is The Mother Of All Things.

How Could Man Rejoice In Victory And Delight In The Slaughter Of Men?

To See Things In The Seed, That Is Genius.

He Who Conquers Others Is Strong; He Who Conquers Himself Is Mighty.

A Scholar Who Cherishes The Love Of Comfort Is Not Fit To Be Deemed A Scholar.

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.

He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened.

For The Wise Man Looks Into Space And He Knows There Is No Limited Dimensions.

From Wonder Into Wonder Existence Opens.

He Who Obtains Has Little. He Who Scatters Has Much.

All Things In The World Come From Being. And Being Comes From Non-being.

Sincere Words Are Not Fine; Fine Words Are Not Sincere.

Man Takes His Law From The Earth; The Earth Takes Its Law From Heaven; Heaven Takes Its Law From The Tao. The Law Of The Tao Is Its Being What It Is.