Quotes from Lao Tzu

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.

Be the chief but never the lord.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still

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.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

To perceive things in the germ is intelligence

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

A foolish man is always doing,Yet much remains to be done.

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms

Silence is a source of great strength.

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 people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

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

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and no intention of arriving.

The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.