50 Amazing Quotes by Lao Tzu

50 Amazing Quotes by Lao Tzu
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Lao Tzu or Laozi was the first philosopher of Chinese Taoism that believed to have lived in the 6th century BC. He is the alleged author of โ€œTao Te Chingโ€ the founder of Philosophical Taoism that offers spiritual philosophy. He was considered a deity of Taoism and other traditional chinese religions and worshiped as an imperial ancestor in Tang Dynasty.

Lao Tzu Quotes

โ€œAbandon learning and there will be no sorrow.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, The Way of Lao-tzu, 20

โ€œHe who knows does not speak.

He who speaks does not know.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao-te Ching ch. 56

โ€œGreat talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao Te Ching [้“ๅพท็ป] (ed. Vintage, 1997) โ€“ ISBN: 9780679776192

โ€œThe tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sproutโ€ฆโ€

LAO TZU, Tao Te Ching (ed. Booklassic, 2015) โ€“ ISBN: 9789635230358
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œPurity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Tao Te Ching (ed. Booklassic, 2015) โ€“ ISBN: 9789635230358

โ€œAct non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao Tรช Ching (ed. 1959)

โ€œThe best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Coronet Books, 1982)

โ€œWhen a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.โ€

LAO TZU, The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze: A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-teh-king (ed. 1904)
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œBecause he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)

โ€œAttending fully and becoming supple, Can you be as a newborn babe?โ€

LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Random House Inc, 1972)

โ€œHe who possesses virtue in abundance May be compared to an infant.โ€

LAO TZU, The Way of Lao-tzu, 55

โ€œThe Way of Heaven has no favorites.

It is always with the good man.โ€

LAO TZU, The Way of Lao-tzu, 79
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œPeople are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, The Way of Lao-tzu, 65

โ€œHe who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.โ€

LAO TZU, The Way of Lao-tzu, 13

โ€œHe who has little will receive. He who has much will be embarrassed.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao Tรช Ching: A New Translation (ed. 1959)

โ€œPain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.โ€

LAO TZU, Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œHe who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Coronet Books, 1982)

โ€œCarrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?โ€

LAO TZU, Tao Te Ching [้“ๅพท็ป] (ed. Vintage, 1997) โ€“ ISBN: 9780679776192

โ€œThe more laws and restrictions there are, the poorer the people become.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao Te Ching [้“ๅพท็ป] (ed. Vintage, 1997) โ€“ ISBN: 9780679776192

โ€œThe sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao Te Ching (ed. Vintage, 1989) โ€“ ISBN: 9780679724346
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œGood men are bad menโ€™s instructors, And bad men are good menโ€™s materials.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Tao Tรช Ching: A New Translation (ed. 1959)

โ€œThe truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Random House Inc, 1972)

โ€œHeavenโ€™s net is indeed vast.

Though its meshes are wide, it misses nothing.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao-te Ching ch. 73

โ€œWhat man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Random House Inc, 1972)
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œNatureโ€™s way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Tao Teh King (ed. Jain Publishing Company, 1996) โ€“ ISBN: 9780875730400

โ€œIf you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.โ€

LAO TZU, Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)

โ€œThe one who can dissolve her mind will suddenly discover the Tao at her feetโ€ฆโ€

LAO TZU, Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)

โ€œThe mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies.โ€

LAO TZU, Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œMask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Random House Inc, 1972)

โ€œThe people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Coronet Books, 1982)

โ€œIn caring for others and serving heaven,

There is nothing like using restraint.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Random House Inc, 1972)

โ€œ[The sage] never strives himself for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.โ€

LAO TZU, The Way of Lao-tzu, 34
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œI will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao Te Ching (ed. Digital Deen Publications, 2017)

โ€œWhat is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good manโ€™s charge?โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Random House Inc, 1972)

โ€œRemember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.โ€

LAO TZU, Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)

โ€œI do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.โ€

LAO TZU, The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu (ed. 1939)
Quotes by Lao Tzu

โ€œThe Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.โ€

Quotes by LAO TZU, Tao te ching (ed. Coronet Books, 1982)

โ€œWhen armies are mobilized and issues joined, The man who is sorry over the fact will win.โ€

LAO TZU, The Way of Lao-tzu, 69

โ€œThe more laws and orders are made prominent,

The more thieves and bandits there will be.โ€

LAO TZU, Tao-te Ching ch. 57

โ€œDistortion upon distortion:โ€ฆ the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.โ€

LAO TZU, Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu (ed. 1992)
Quotes by Lao Tzu

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