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Quotations by Laozi / Lao-Tzu

Simplicity, patience, compassion - 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.

Knowing others is intelligence - 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.

A good traveler - A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

When you are content to be yourself - When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

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

Because one believes in oneself - Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

Watch your thoughts; they become words - Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Be careful what you water your dreams with - 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. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

Kindness in words creates confidence - Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

The flame that burns twice as bright - The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

A leader is best when. . . - A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, "We did this ourselves."

There is a thing inherent and natural - There is a thing inherent and natural,
Which existed before heaven and earth.
Motionless and fathomless,
It stands alone and never changes;
It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted.
It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe.
I do not know its name. If I am forced to give it a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme.

The mark of a moderate man - The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas.
Tolerant like the sky,
all-pervading like sunlight,
firm like a mountain,
supple like a tree in the wind,
he has no destination in view
and makes use of anything
life happens to bring his way.

Wise men don't need to prove their point - Wise men don't need to prove their point;
men who need to prove their point aren't wise.
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.
The Tao nourishes by not forcing.
By not dominating, the Master leads.

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