Lao Tzu Quotes

Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Lao Tzu

Great, Made, Small

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Lao Tzu

Good, Others, Himself

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Lao Tzu

Wise, Knows, Space

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu

Good, Great, Leader

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
Lao Tzu

Wise, Others, Treasures

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

Few, Simplicity, Desires

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

Growth, Key, Higher

Be the chief but never the lord.
Lao Tzu

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.
Lao Tzu

Failure, End, Often

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
Lao Tzu

Best, Knows, Lead

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Lao Tzu

From caring comes courage.
Lao Tzu

Courage, Caring

He who is contented is rich.
Lao Tzu

Rich, Contented

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
Lao Tzu

Violence, Oneself, Rebounds

To lead people walk behind them.
Lao Tzu

Walk, Behind, Lead

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
Lao Tzu

Truth, Lost, Beginning

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

Yourself, Snow, White

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
Lao Tzu

Great, Small, Nation

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

Overcome, Hardest

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Lao Tzu

Love, Comfort, Fit

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
Lao Tzu

Love, Great, Knowledge

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.
Lao Tzu

Career, Two, Else

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

Peace, Give, Others

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

Him, Few, Agree

From wonder into wonder existence opens.
Lao Tzu

Wonder, Existence, Opens

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Nationality: Chinese

Type: Philosopher

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