Famous Quotes / Lao-tzu
88 Quotations by Lao-tzu
- 61. The sage does not hoard. Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he ...
- 62. The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- 63. The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
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- 64. The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellenc ...
- 65. The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
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- 66. The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.
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- 67. The way to do is to be.
- 68. The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The gre ...
- 69. There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.
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- 70. To be worn out is to be renewed.
- 71. To have little is to possess.
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- 72. To know that you do not know is the best.
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- 73. To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will le ...
- 74. To lead people walk behind them.
- 75. To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
- 76. To produce things and to rear them,
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- 77. To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; not to realize that you do not understand is a de ...
- 78. To see things in the seed is genius.
- 79. To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.
- 80. Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; p ...