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Lao Tzu [-600--550] Chinese

Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism, and as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.	Wisdom	68
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.	Courage, Love, Strength	101
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.	Great, Motivational	103
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.	Love	104
Silence is a source of great strength.	Great, Strength	105
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.	Life	106
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.	Good, Travel	107
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.	Patience, Wisdom	108
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.	Best, Leadership, Work	109
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.	Change	110
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.	Music	111
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.	Respect	112
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.	Power, Strength	113
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.	Wisdom	114
When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'	Best, Leadership, Work	115
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.		116
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.		117
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.	Good	118
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.		119
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.	Knowledge	120
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.		121
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.		122
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.		123
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.		124
Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.		125
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.		126
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.		201
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.	Good	202
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.		203
When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.	Patriotism	204
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.	Intelligence	205
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.		206
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.		207
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'	Good, Great	208
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.	Health, Inspirational	209
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.	Good	210
Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.		211
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.	Great	212
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.	Failure	213
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.	Great	214
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.	Family, Wisdom, Work	215
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.	Inspirational	216
The words of truth are always paradoxical.	Truth	217
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.		218
Great acts are made up of small deeds.	Great	219
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.	Government, Great	220
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.	Courage, Fear, Strength	221
To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.	Best	222
Nature is not human hearted.	Nature	223
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.	Truth	224
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.	Power	225
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.		226
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.		301
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.	Nature	302
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.		303
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.	Change	304
Because of a great love, one is courageous.	Great	305
To lead people walk behind them.		306
Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.		307
He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.	Trust	308
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.		309
He who is contented is rich.		310
From caring comes courage.	Courage	311
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.		312
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.		313
I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.		314
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.	Peace	315
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.		316
Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.	Communication	317
Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.		318
If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.		319
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.		320
If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.	Knowledge	321
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.	Nature	322
The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.		323
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.		324
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.		325
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.		326
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.	Death	401
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.		402
Be the chief but never the lord.	Leadership	403
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.		404
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.	Love	405
Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.		406
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.		407
There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao.		408
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?		409
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.	Strength	410
To see things in the seed, that is genius.		411
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.		412
He who knows himself is enlightened.		413
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.		414
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.	Space	415
From wonder into wonder existence opens.		416
All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.		417
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.		418
Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.		419

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