Quotes About Wisdom

When armies are mobilized and issues joined,The man who is sorry over the fact will win.

Tao is the storehouse of all things.It is the good man's treasure and the bad man's refuge.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

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

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

[The sage] never strives himself for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.

One may know the world without going out of doors.One may see the Way of Heaven without looking through the windows.The further one goes, the less one knows.Therefore the sage knows without going about,Understands without seeing,And accomplishes without any action.

People in their handlings 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.

He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who tip-toes cannot stand he who strides cannot walk.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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.

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.

The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thus it is said: The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long, true power seems weak, true purity seems tarnished, true steadfastness seems changeable, true clarity seems obscure, the greatest are seems unsophisticated, the greatest love seems indifferent, the greatest wisdom seems childish. The Tao is nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things.