Lao Tzu Quotes

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

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

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

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

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

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.

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