45 Famous Quotes by Lao Tzu with images
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
― Lao Tzu
Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
― Lao Tzu
There is no illusion greater than fear.
― Lao Tzu
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
― Lao Tzu
Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.
― Lao Tzu
Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
― Lao Tzu
Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.
― Lao Tzu
Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
― Lao Tzu
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
― Lao Tzu
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
― Lao Tzu
Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
― Lao Tzu
True words are not fancy. Fancy words are not true. The good do not debate. Debaters are not good.
― Lao Tzu
There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.
― Lao Tzu
With few there is attainment. With much there is confusion.
― 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
Knowing others is Wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
― Lao Tzu
There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
― Lao Tzu
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
― Lao Tzu
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
― Lao Tzu
When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you.
― Lao Tzu
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
― Lao Tzu
To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
― Lao Tzu
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
― Lao-Tzu
Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.
― Lao Tzu
He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.
― Lao Tzu
When there is no desire, all things are at peace.
― Lao Tzu
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
― Lao Tzu
What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
― Lao Tzu
if you want to know me, look inside your heart.
― Lao Tzu
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
― Lao Tzu
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
― Lao Tzu
Silence is a source of Great Strength.
― Lao Tzu
Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.
― Lao Tzu
Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
― Lao Tzu
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
― Lao Tzu
By letting go it all gets done.
― Lao-Tzu
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
― Lao Tzu
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
― Lao Tzu
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
― Lao Tzu
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
― Lao Tzu
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
― Lao Tzu
The best fighter is never angry.
― Lao Tzu
The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
― Lao Tzu
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
― Lao Tzu
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
― Lao Tsu
When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
― Lao Tzu
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