Top 25 Quotes by Laozi of 1310 - Page 12

The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.

The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.

Law, Taoism, Criminals

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.

Laozi

Heart, Land, Dwelling

Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.

Laozi

Taoism, Way, Ancient

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.

Laozi

Change, Artist, Intuition

The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist. The next best is a leader who is loved and praised. Next comes the one who is feared. The worst one is the leader that is despised ... The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When they have accomplished their task, the people say, "Amazing! We did it, all by ourselves!

Laozi

People, Leader, Tao Te Ching

The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

Laozi

Knowledge, Taoism, Sage

Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

Laozi

Dream, Opportunity For Success, Worry

The eternal void is filled with infinite possibilities

Laozi

Void, Infinite, Possibility

The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.

Laozi

Tao Te Ching, Taoism, Desire

Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.

Laozi

Taoism, Misery

A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

Laozi

Men, Foolish Man, Done

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.

Laozi

Moments, Truth Is

To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

Laozi

Ignorance, Knows

Laozi, Sepharial (1904). “The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze: A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-teh-king”

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

Laozi

Knowledge, Taoism, Trends

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; and shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets one's heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he or she is automatically involved in fear of losing status.

Laozi

Heart, Eye, Pride

"Tao Teh King". Translated by Archie J. Bahm, 1996.

That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.

Laozi

Overcoming, Facts, Known

Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.

Laozi

Wise, Danger, Traveler

. . . Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom.

Laozi

Wisdom, Intelligence

When family ties are disturbed, devoted children arise.

Laozi

Children, Ties, Taoism

Be who you are, and go the whole way.

Laozi

Be Who You Are, Way, Whole

That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.

Laozi

Taoism, Overcoming, Substance

Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not.

Laozi

Spiritual, Drawing, Lines

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.

Laozi

Body, Study, Fingers

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

Without opening your door, you can open your heart to the world. Without looking out your window, you can see the essence of the Tao. The more you know, the less you understand. The Master arrives without leaving, sees the light without looking, achieves without doing a thing.

Laozi

Heart, Light, Doors