Lao Tzu Quotations




The way to do is to be.



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



Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.



The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.



The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.




He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.




Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.




He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise.