Laozi Quotes
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.""The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.""The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.""He who talks more is sooner exhausted.""A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.""A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.""Silence is a source of great strength.""The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be.""Great acts are made up of small deeds.""To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders to.""The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.""Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.""I have three precious things, which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. 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 among men.""Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.""A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.""Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.""When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.""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.""If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.""Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."
