There is no illusion greater than fear.
Lao Tzu

A leader is bestWhen people barely know he existsOf a good leader, who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will say, "We did this ourselves.
Lao Tzu

If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.
Lao Tzu

If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to follow them.
Lao Tzu

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
Lao Tzu

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.
Lao Tzu

In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.
Lao Tzu

Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Lao Tzu

A man with outward courage dares to die a man with inner courage dares to live.
Lao Tzu

Because of a great love, one is courageous.
Lao Tzu

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
Lao Tzu

Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether a man dispassionatelySees to the core of lifeOr passionatelySees the surface,The core and the surfaceAre essentially the same,Words making them seem differentOnly to express appearance.If name be needed, wonder names them both:From wonder into wonderExistence opens.
Lao Tzu

He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
Lao Tzu

He who is in harmony with the Taois like a newborn child.Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak,but its grip is powerful.It doesn't know about the unionof male and female,yet its penis can stand erect,so intense is its vital power.It can scream its head off all day,yet it never becomes hoarse,so complete is its harmony.The Master's power is like this.He lets all things come and goeffortlessly, without desire.He never expects results;thus he is never disappointed.He is never disappointed;thus his spirit never grows old.
Lao Tzu

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
Lao Tzu

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

I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
Lao Tzu

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

If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
Lao Tzu

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

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.
Lao Tzu

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
Lao Tzu

Klar sieht, wer von ferne sieht, nebelhaft, wer Anteil nimmt.
Lao Tzu

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
Lao Tzu

A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
Lao Tzu

(So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited has no superiority allowed to him.
Lao Tzu

Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world.
Lao Tzu

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
Lao Tzu

The heart that gives, gathers.
Lao Tzu

The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself it gives life to others as it transforms.
Lao Tzu

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
Lao Tzu

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
Lao Tzu

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
Lao Tzu

To know that you do not know is the best.To think you know when you do not is a disease.Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.
Lao Tzu

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.
Lao Tzu

Knowing others is intelligenceknowing yourself is true wisdom.Mastering others is strength mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu

We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use.
Lao Tzu

Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.
Lao Tzu

Ist eine Lehre zur Satzung erstarrt, hat sie geendet.
Lao Tzu

He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.
Lao Tzu

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.
Lao Tzu

When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.
Lao Tzu

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

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
Lao Tzu

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

LoveEmbracing Tao, you become embraced.Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn.Clearing your vision, you become clear.Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial.Opening your heart, you become accepted.Accepting the World, you embrace Tao.Bearing and nurturing,Creating but not owning,Giving without demanding,Controlling without authority,This is love.
Lao Tzu

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Lao Tzu

...the mind is just as immeasurable as the vast universe. An integral being settles his mind just as the vast universe settles itself. He unites his mind with the unnameable Subtle Origin of the multi-universe in which there is no past, present or future. This is how an integral being deals with his mind.
Lao Tzu

If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal.
Lao Tzu

There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment.
Lao Tzu

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 beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.
Lao Tzu

A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.
Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu

Laozi (, Chinese: 老子), also known by numerous other names, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher. Laozi is a Chinese honorific, generally translated as "the Old Master". Traditional accounts say he was born as Li Er in the state of Chu in the 6th century BC during China's Spring and Autumn Period, served as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng (modern Luoyang), met and impressed Confucius on one occasion, and composed the Tao Te Ching before retiring into the western wilderness. Chinese folk religion holds that he then became an immortal hermit or a god of the celestial bureaucracy under the name Laojun, one of the Three Pure Ones. A central figure in Chinese culture, Laozi

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