Quotes from Lao Tzu

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.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

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

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

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

Klar sieht, wer von ferne sieht, nebelhaft, wer Anteil nimmt.

Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.

A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

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

Lao Tzu "The key to growth is the introductionof higher dimensions of consciousnessinto our awareness.