Lao Tzu Quotes

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Silence is a source of great strength.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

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.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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.

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.’

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.

Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

Lao Tzu Quotes part 2

The more that you know, the less you will understand.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

He who is contented is rich.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?

The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

The more you know, the less you understand.

When you are content to be who you are, nothing will ever be able to touch you.

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.

The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness.

The sage does not accumulate for himself. The more he uses for others, the more he has for himself.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

The best fighter is never angry.

The greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

A wise man knows himself to be a fool.

The higher the sun rises, the less shadow it casts.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

Alfred Sorsazo

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