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Lao Tzu
Born: 0604-00-00
Died: 0531-00-00
Field: Philosopher, Religion
Info: Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu Quotes


Know the masculine, keep to the feminine.

More Lao Tzu Quotes


  1. A good manager is best when people barely know tha ...
  2. A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not int ...
  3. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single ...
  4. A leader is best when people barely know he exists ...
  5. A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not ...
  6. A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade ...
  7. All difficult things have their origin in that whi ...
  8. All things in the world come from being. And being ...
  9. Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she s ...
  10. An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. ...
  11. Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one i ...
  12. Be the chief but never the lord. ...
  13. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; ...
  14. Born to be wild - live to outgrow it. ...
  15. By letting it go it all gets done. The world is wo ...
  16. Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non ...
  17. Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself ...
  18. Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all under ...
  19. Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep ...
  20. From of old the things that have acquired unity ar ...
  21. From wonder into wonder existence opens. ...
  22. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teac ...
  23. Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fi ...
  24. Governing a great nation is like cooking a small f ...
  25. Great acts are made up of small deeds. ...
  26. Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to ...
  27. He who conquers others is strong He who conquers h ...
  28. He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does no ...
  29. He who knows enough is enough will always have eno ...
  30. He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself ...
  31. He who knows that enough is enough will always hav ...
  32. He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does ...
  33. He who loves the world as his body may be entruste ...
  34. He who obtains has little. He who scatters has muc ...
  35. He who tip-toes cannot stand he who strides cannot ...
  36. Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is ...
  37. Heaven endures and the earth last a long time beca ...
  38. How could man rejoice in victory and delight in th ...
  39. I have three treasures. Guard and keep them The fi ...
  40. If the Great Way perishes there will morality and ...
  41. If you do not change direction, you may end up whe ...
  42. If you realize that all things change, there is no ...
  43. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking ...
  44. In the world there is nothing more submissive and ...
  45. It is better to do one's own duty, however defecti ...
  46. It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will ...
  47. Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in ...
  48. Know the masculine, keep to the feminine. ...
  49. Knowing others is intelligence knowing yourself is ...
  50. Learning builds daily accumulation, but the practi ...
  51. Life and death are one thread, the same line viewe ...
  52. Life is a series of natural and spontaneous change ...
  53. Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings lik ...
  54. Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce sel ...
  55. Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ...
  56. Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplis ...
  57. Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeed ...
  58. One who is too insistent on his own views finds fe ...
  59. People are difficult to govern because they have t ...
  60. People in their handlings of affairs often fail wh ...
  61. Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority ...
  62. Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearfu ...
  63. Silence is a source of great strength. ...
  64. Stop thinking, and end your problems. ...
  65. The best man is like water. Water is good it benef ...
  66. The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either ...
  67. The Eternal generates the One. The One generates t ...
  68. The good man is the teacher of the bad,
    And th ...

  69. The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil i ...
  70. The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth h ...
  71. The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits ...
  72. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one st ...
  73. The men who are great live with that which is subs ...
  74. The more laws and order are made prominent, the mo ...
  75. The people are hungry: It is because those in auth ...
  76. The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, ...
  77. The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries ...
  78. The softest things in the world overcome the harde ...
  79. The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred vic ...
  80. The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
  81. The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it ski ...
  82. The wicked leader is he who the people despise. Th ...
  83. There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. ...
  84. There is no need to run outside for better seeing. ...
  85. To be worn out is to be renewed. ...
  86. To conquer others is to have power, to conquer you ...
  87. To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to ...
  88. To know that you do not know is the best.
    To pr ...

  89. To know yet to think that one does not know is bes ...
  90. To lead people, walk beside them... As for the bes ...
  91. To produce things and to rear them, To produce, bu ...
  92. To the mind that is still, the whole universe surr ...
  93. Treat those who are good with goodness, and also t ...
  94. Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds u ...
  95. When armies are mobilized and issues are joined, T ...
  96. When the highest type of men hear Tao, They dilige ...
  97. When the people of the world all know beauty as be ...
  98. When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when ben ...
  99. When you are content to be simply yourself and don ...
  100. While day by day the overzealous student stores up ...
  101. Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he ne ...

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