Lao Tzu on Anxiety Quotes

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?"

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

"Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner."

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

"He who is contented is rich."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."

"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to."

"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world."

"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."

"Practice non-action. Work without doing."

"He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened."

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

"Silence is a source of great strength."

"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth."

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."

"Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others."

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure."

"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock."

"To know that you do not know is the best."

"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings."

"He who speaks does not know; he who knows does not speak."

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

"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long."

"Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear."

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go."

"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."

"He who is satisfied with his lot is rich."

"Act without expectation."