Quotes by Lao Tzu

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

— Lao Tzu

Courage

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

— Lao Tzu

Life

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

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.

— Lao Tzu

Success

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

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

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

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

— Lao Tzu

Love

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

— Lao Tzu

Truth

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

Silence is a source of great strength.

— Lao Tzu

Courage

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

Success

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

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

— Lao Tzu

Love

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

— Lao Tzu

Life

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

— Lao Tzu

Courage

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom

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.

— Lao Tzu

Life

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

— Lao Tzu

Wisdom