Lao Tzu Quotes (290 Quotes)
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- It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their will.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- So it is that some things are increased by being diminished, and others are diminished by being increased.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- The further one goes, the less one knows.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
- To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
(Lao Tzu, "Tao Te Ching")
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