Lao Tzu

Quote link. Other quotes about: sin single: "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
Quote link. Other quotes about: world: "All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being."
Quote link. Other quotes about: love: "A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."
Quote link. Other quotes about: earth small man grow: "A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth."
Quote link. Other quotes about: strength courage love deep: "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength loving someone deeply gives you courage."
Quote link. Other quotes about: small cook: "Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."
Quote link.: "He who conquers others is strong He who conquers himself is mighty."
Quote link.: "He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know."
Quote link.: "He who knows enough is enough will always have enough."
Quote link. Other quotes about: wise: "He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened."
Quote link. Other quotes about: world love: "He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire."
Quote link. Other quotes about: walk: "He who tip-toes cannot stand he who strides cannot walk."
Quote link. Other quotes about: first world courage love deep: "I have three treasures. Guard and keep them The first is deep love, The second is frugality, And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world. Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world."
Quote link.: "It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back."
Quote link. Other quotes about: strength power wisdom: "Knowing others is intelligence knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."
Quote link.: "Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires."
Quote link. Other quotes about: find: "One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him."
Quote link.: "People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge."
Quote link.: "People in their handling of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure."
Quote link. Other quotes about: fear: "Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others And shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status."
Quote link. Other quotes about: greed happiness fear: "Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness."
Quote link. Other quotes about: man good: "The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao."
Quote link.: "The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things."
Quote link. Other quotes about: light rule: "The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty."
Quote link. Other quotes about: good: "The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore it is near The Eternal."
Quote link. Other quotes about: live men: "The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold."
Quote link. Other quotes about: law: "The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be."
Quote link. Other quotes about: greed: "There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is not greater disaster than greed."
Quote link. Other quotes about: need run: "There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be."
Quote link. Other quotes about: love clothes: "The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom He knows himself but does not display himself He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem."
Quote link. Other quotes about: world hard: "The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action."
Quote link. Other quotes about: heaven: "The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation."
Quote link. Other quotes about: heaven: "The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete."
Quote link. Other quotes about: people good: "The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
Quote link.: "To be worn out is to be renewed."
Quote link. Other quotes about: little: "To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed."
Quote link.: "To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease."
Quote link.: "To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue."
Quote link. Other quotes about: man fact: "When armies are mobilized and issues are joined, The man who is sorry over the fact will win."
Quote link. Other quotes about: believe men: "When the highest type of men hear Tao, They diligently practice it. When the average type of men hear Tao, They half believe in it. When the lowest type of men hear Tao, They laugh heartily at it."
Quote link. Other quotes about: world people beauty good evil: "When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil."
Quote link. Other quotes about: respect: "When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
Quote link. Other quotes about: find day nature need future fact: "While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion Let nature take its course. By letting each thing act in accordance with its own nature, everything that needs to be done gets done."
Quote link. Other quotes about: man nature need wisdom look: "Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion."

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