Laozi Quotes
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Laozi Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself.
Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.
The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.
The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.
The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.
Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.
My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice. Still, no one in the world can understand or practice them.
The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.
Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.
The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.
Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it.
A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).
You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.
When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals.
The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.
Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.