Lao Tzu quotes page 1

c. 6th century BC, also known as Laozi, Lao Tse, Lao Tu
chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism

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

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will
respect you.
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Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
Lao Tzu

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you
courage.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people
honour 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."
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Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and
the senses.
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Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
Lao Tzu

A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.
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Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realise there is
nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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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.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.
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The way of heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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The sage does not accumulate for himself. The more he uses for others, the more he has
himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has himself.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what
you want.
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Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step
back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
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Go to the people. Live with them, learn from them, love them.
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There is no disaster greater than not being content. There is no misfortune greater than
being covetous.
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The moral man does something, and when no one responds he rolls up his sleeves and uses
force.
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Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions
and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you
accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in
the world.
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The master observes the world but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky.
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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
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What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will
produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions
and you will cultivate success.
Lao Tzu

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