Lao Tao Quotes: top 43 famous quotes about Lao Tao

Lao Tao Quotes & Sayings

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For the sage
Heaven and Earth join
in bestowing the greatest gifts — Lao-Tzu

The grace of Tao
and divine nature (Te)
are not ordered
but eternal spontaneous
action of the One — Lao-Tzu

Material and infinite are inseparable
Appreciating their interconnectedness
is the gateway to understanding — Lao-Tzu

The sage gives more than he takes;
how can he do this?
because he has the richness of Tao — Lao-Tzu

Possessed of the Tao, he endures long; and to the end of his bodily life, is exempt from all danger of decay. — Lao-Tzu

There is
a time to live
and a time to die
but never to reject the moment. — Lao-Tzu

By this (nature of the Tao). — Lao-Tzu

The Tao that can be described is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. — Lao-Tzu

Tao 'is' before words
and before deeds — Lao-Tzu

Two names emerge from a single origin and both are called mysterious. — Lao-Tzu

Emptiness appears barren
yet is infinite fullness — Lao-Tzu

Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is. — Lao-Tzu

When I let go of who I am, I become who I might be. — Lao-Tzu

Who acts in stillness finds stillness in his life. — Lao-Tzu

Let go of rousing speech
and identification with thoughts
Until your end
you will never be jaded — Lao-Tzu

When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad. — Lao-Tzu

To know non-knowing is optimal
to imagine one knows
is affliction of mind — Lao-Tzu

Peace is our original state — Lao-Tzu

How can one know the eternal origin?
By letting go of ideas
and allowing it to reveal itself — Lao-Tzu

Heaven's Tao is impartial,
yet those who follow its compassionate way
will always be nourished — Lao-Tzu

Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. — Lao-Tzu

Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao. — Lao-Tzu

When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue. — Lao-Tzu

Too much thinking causes confusion and anxiety
better to stick with the simplicity of Tao — Lao-Tzu

Thus it was that when faith (in the Tao) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith in them ensued (in the people). — Lao-Tzu

Stand before it and there is no beginning. Follow it and there is no end. Stay with the ancient Tao, Move with the present. — Lao-Tzu

A person who prematurely believes that they comprehend the Tao sees only its external luster, and this is the beginning of delusion. — Lao-Tzu

To understand the limitation of things, desire them. — Lao-Tzu

For to be over-developed is to hasten decay, and this is against Tao, and what is against Tao will soon cease to be. — Lao-Tzu

To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay. — Lao-Tzu

This is what is called 'The mysterious Quality' (of the Tao). — Lao-Tzu

The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. — Lao-Tzu

Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice. — Lao-Tzu

The Tao is hidden, and has no name; but it is the Tao which is skilful at imparting (to all things what they need) and making them complete. — Lao-Tzu

Perfect tranquillity is the way of heaven and earth. — Lao-Tzu

Countless words
count less
than the silent balance
between yin and yang — Lao-Tzu

Too many words cause exhaustion
[In the mind or from the mouth]
Better to abide in stillness — Lao-Tzu

One gains by losing and loses by gaining. — Lao-Tzu

He who devotes himself to the Tao (seeks) from day to day to diminish (his doing). — Lao-Tzu

With those who are kind
the sage is kind
With those who are not kind
the sage is also kind
because the way of Tao is kindness — Lao-Tzu

The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground
While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above. — Lao-Tzu

Earth is a divine organism
it cannot be successfully manipulated
Who attempts manipulation will encounter defeat — Lao-Tzu

When men lost their understanding of the Tao, intelligence came along, bringing hypocrisy with it. — Lao-Tzu