80 Lao Tzu Quotes: Words of Wisdom from the Philosopher to Live By!

Quotes from Lao Tzu

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• "From wonder into wonder existence opens." - Lao Tzu

• "All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small." - Lao Tzu

• "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu

• "He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted." - Lao Tzu

• "Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to." - Lao Tzu

• "Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment." - Lao Tzu

• "Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides." - Lao Tzu

• "The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long." - Lao Tzu

• "The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covets praise, yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors." - Lao Tzu

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

• "Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it." - Lao Tzu

• "Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found." - Lao Tzu

• "People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure." - Lao Tzu

• "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." - Lao Tzu

• "He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough." - Lao Tzu

• "Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretches her fingers to touch the heavens." - Lao Tzu

• "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." - Lao Tzu

• "He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much." - Lao Tzu

• "To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day." - Lao Tse

• "In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. At work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present." - Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu Quotes on Love

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• "Love is a decision. Not an emotion." - Lao Tzu

• "He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love." - Lao Tzu

• "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu

• "Love. Embracing Tao, you become embraced. Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn. Clearing your vision, you become clear. Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial. Opening your heart, you become accepted. Accepting the World, you embrace Tao. Bearing and nurturing, Creating but not owning, Giving without demanding, Controlling without authority, This is love." - Laozi

• "When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts." - Lao Tzu

• "Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses." - Lao Tzu

• "The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days." - Lao Tzu

• "Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven." - Lao Tzu

• "Go to the people. Live with them, learn from them, love them." - Lao Tzu

• "Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." - Lao Tzu

• "Because of a great love, one is courageous." - Lao Tzu

• "If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present." - Lao Tzu

• "The way of heaven is to help and not harm." - Lao Tzu

• "Because of a great love, one is courageous." - Lao Tzu

• "The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms." - Lao Tzu

• "If you want to know me look inside your heart." - Lao Tzu

• "In the end, the treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go." - Lao Tzu

• "A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar." - Lao Tzu

• "The way is easy to stay on the path." - Lao Tzu

• "Music in the soul can be heard by the universe." - Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu Quotes Leadership

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• "A leader is best when people barely know he exists of a good leader, who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, “We did this ourselves." - Lao Tzu

• "At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu

• "Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power." - Lao Tzu

• "If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence." - Lao Tzu

• "One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others." - Lao Tzu

• "To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, We did it ourselves!" - Lao Tzu

• "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." - Lao Tzu

• "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." - Lao Tzu

• "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu

• "Be the chief but never the lord." - Lao Tzu

• "I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures." - Lao Tzu

• "A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live." - Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

• "A leader is best when people barely know he exists when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." - Lao Tzu

• "To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty." - Lao Tzu

• "The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness." - Lao Tzu

• "He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know." - Lao Tzu

• "For the wise man looks into space and he knows there are no limited dimensions." - Lao Tzu

• "Violence, even well-intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself." - Lao Tzu

• "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." - Lao Tzu

• "He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty." - Lao Tzu

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