Lao Tzu Quotes

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

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

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

To lead people walk behind them.

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

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

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

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

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

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.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Nature is not human hearted.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.