210 Lao Tzu Quotes - Universoul Awakening

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”― Lao Tzu
“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. – Lao Tzu
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. – Lao Tzu
Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. – Lao Tzu
Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” ― Lao Tzu
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ― Lao Tzu
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.” – Lao Tzu
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” ― Lao Tzu
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” ― Lao Tzu
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow.” – Lao Tzu
Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. ― Lao Tzu
“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” ― Lao Tzu
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” ― Lao Tzu
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ― Lao Tzu
“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.” ― Lao Tzu
“The best fighter is never angry.” ― Lao Tzu
“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.” ― Lao Tzu
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. – Lao Tzu
Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. – Lao Tzu
Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her. ― Lao Tzu
“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” ― Lao Tzu
“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ― Lao Tzu
Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. – Lao Tzu
Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream. – Lao Tzu
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
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.” – Lao Tzu
“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” ― Lao Tzu
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”― 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
“If you are depressed you are living in the past, anxious you are living in the future, at peace you are living in the present.” ― Lao Tzu
“Silence is a source of Great Strength.” ― Lao Tzu
“Stop thinking, and end your problems.” ― Lao Tzu
If you understand others you are smart. If you understand yourself you are illuminated. – Lao Tzu
If you overcome others you are powerful. If you overcome yourself you have strength. – Lao Tzu
If you know how to be satisfied you are rich. If you can act with vigor, you have a will. – Lao Tzu
If you don’t lose your objectives you can be long-lasting. If you die without loss, you are eternal.” ― Lao Tzu
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” ― Lao Tzu
“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?” ― Lao Tzu
“Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.” ― Lao Tzu
“The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” ― Lao Tzu
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.” ― Lao Tzu
“Act without expectation.” ― Lao Tzu
“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment” ― Lao Tzu
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility.” – Lao Tzu
Be gentle and you can be bold be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader.― Lao Tzu
“A leader is best When he who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, “We did this ourselves.” ― Lao Tzu
“The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.” ― Lao Tzu
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” ― Lao Tzu
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” ― Lao Tzu
“To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. – Lao Tzu
To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.” ― Lao Tzu
“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.” ― Lao Tzu
“By letting go it all gets done.” ― Lao Tzu
“Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.” ― Lao Tzu
“To lead people, walk beside them.” – Lao Tzu
“Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.” ― Lao Tzu
Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous! – Lao Tzu
“To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.” ― Lao Tzu
“If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.” ― Lao Tzu
“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.” ― Lao Tzu
Whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. – Lao Tzu
The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.” ― Lao Tzu
“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. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” ― Lao Tzu
“The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.” ― Lao Tzu
“To understand the limitation of things, desire them.” ― Lao Tzu
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” ― Lao Tzu
“She does not show herself, and therefore is apparent. She does not affirm herself, and therefore is acknowledged.” – Lao Tzu
She does not boast and therefore has merit. She does not strive and therefore is successful. – Lao Tzu
It is exactly because she does not contend, that nobody can contend with her.” ― Lao Tzu
“Loss is not as bad as wanting more.” ― Lao Tzu
“Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.” ― Lao Tzu
“Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.” ― Lao Tzu
“The Way to ‘DO’ is to ‘BE’ ― Lao Tzu
“Because of a great love, one is courageous.” ― Lao Tzu
All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. – Lao Tzu
If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. – Lao Tzu
If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. – Lao Tzu
“Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.” ― Lao Tzu
“So the unwanting soul sees what’s hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.” ― Lao Tzu
“Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn.” – Lao Tzu
Clearing your vision, you become clear. Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial. – Lao Tzu
Opening your heart, you become accepted. – Lao Tzu
Accepting the World this is love. – Lao Tzu
Bearing and nurturing, Creating but not owning this is love. – Lao Tzu
Giving without demanding, Controlling without authority, this is love. ― Lao Tzu
Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.” ― Lao Tzu
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.” ― Lao Tzu
“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.” ― 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 correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.” ― Lao Tzu
Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question― Lao Tzu
“Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, and settle your dust. This is the primal identity.” ― Lao Tzu
“There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.” ― Lao Tzu
“To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go” ― Lao Tzu
“As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.” ― Lao Tzu
“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. – Lao Tzu
“If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.” ― Lao Tzu
“The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.” – Lao Tzu
“What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.” ― Lao Tzu
“Great acts are made up of small deeds.” ― Lao Tzu
“When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly.” – Lao Tzu
“When people see some things as good, other things become bad.” ― Lao Tzu
“Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?” ― Lao Tzu
“Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang” ― Lao Tzu
“One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.” ― Lao Tzu
“Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.” ― Lao Tzu
“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.” ― Lao Tzu
“When there is no desire, all things are at peace.” ― Lao Tzu
“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.” ― Lao Tzu
“To see things in the seed, that is genius.” ― Lao Tzu
“If you want to know me, look inside your heart.” ― Lao Tzu
The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.” ― Lao Tzu
“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.” ― Lao Tzu
“He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.” ― Lao Tzu
Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you’ll fail. – Lao Tzu
“Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.” ― Lao Tzu
“If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine.” – Lao Tzu
If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote yourself, you will have no success. ― Lao Tzu
“Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.” ― Lao Tzu
“Respond to anger with virtue. Deal with difficulties while they are still easy. Handle the great while it is still small.” ― Lao Tzu
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield.” – Lao Tzu
As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.” ― Lao Tzu
“He who stands on tiptoe doesn’t stand firm. He who rushes ahead doesn’t go far.” – Lao Tzu
He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can’t know who he really is. – Lao Tzu
He who has power over others can’t empower himself. He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures. – Lao Tzu
“To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.” ― Lao Tzu
“Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity”― Lao Tzu
Presuming to know is a disease. Not-knowing is true knowledge. – Lao Tzu
“When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.” ― Lao Tzu
“If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.” ― Lao Tzu
“Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.” ― Lao Tzu
“The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.” ― Lao Tzu
“Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose.” ― Lao Tzu
If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. – Lao Tzu
If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. – Lao Tzu
Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.― Lao Tzu
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. – Lao Tzu
If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. – Lao Tzu
“Not seeking, not expecting, she is present, and can welcome all things.” ― Lao Tzu
“Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.” ― Lao Tzu
“Colors blind the eye. Sounds deafen the ear. Flavors numb the taste. Thoughts weaken the mind. Desires wither the 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
“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.” ― Lao Tzu
“Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.” – Lao Tzu
“He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.” ― Lao Tzu
The master observes the world but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. He prefers what is within to what is without. – Lao Tzu
“Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.” ― Lao Tzu
“The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground. While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above.” ― Lao Tzu
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.” ― Lao Tzu
“Every step is on the path.” ― Lao Tzu
“Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.” ― Lao Tzu
“When goodness is lost there is morality.” ― Lao Tzu
“Boasting of wealth and virtue brings your demise.” ― Lao Tzu
“There is no illusion greater than fear.” ― Lao Tzu
“What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out.” ― Lao Tzu
“To be worn out is to be renewed.” ― Lao Tzu
“He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines.” ― Lao Tzu
“Love is a decision – not an emotion!” ― Lao Tzu
“The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.” ― Lao Tzu
“The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.” ― Lao Tzu
“If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.” ― Lao Tzu
There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.― Lao Tzu
“When the work is done, and one’s name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.” ― Lao Tzu
“To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day.” ― Lao Tzu
“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something.” ― Lao Tzu
The inner is foundation of the outer. The still is master of the restless – Lao Tzu
The Sage travels all day yet never leaves his inner treasure. ― Lao Tzu
“Our enemies are not demons, but human beings like ourselves” ― Lao Tzu
“From wonder into wonder existence opens” ― Lao Tzu
“The way of heaven is to help and not harm.” ― Lao Tzu
“If the people must be ever fearful of death, then there will always be an executioner.” ― Lao Tzu
“Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding” ― Lao Tzu
“When wealth and honors lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself.” ― Lao Tzu
“Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.” ― Lao Tzu
“Is it not through her selflessness that she is able to perfect herself?” ― Lao Tzu
“Composure is the ruler of instability.” ― Lao Tzu
Act without striving. Work without interfering. Find the flavour in what is flavourless. – Lao Tzu
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. – Lao Tzu
Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. – Lao Tzu
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.- Lao Tzu
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy. – 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
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. – Lao Tzu
Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving. – Lao Tzu
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. – Lao Tzu
From wonder into wonder existence opens. – Lao Tzu
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. – Lao Tzu
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it. – Lao Tzu
Great acts are made up of small deeds.- Lao Tzu
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. – Lao Tzu
He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted. – Lao Tzu
He who is contented is rich. – Lao Tzu
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? – Lao Tzu
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. – Lao Tzu
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. – Lao Tzu
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. – Lao Tzu
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. – Lao Tzu
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.- Lao Tzu
One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others. – Lao Tzu
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. – 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
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. – Lao Tzu
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. – Lao Tzu
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. – Lao Tzu
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. – Lao Tzu
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. – Lao Tzu
The words of truth are always paradoxical. – Lao Tzu
There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more. – Lao Tzu
Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfils its destiny. – Lao Tzu
To see things in the seed, that is genius. – Lao Tzu

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