Lao Tzu on Discipline Quotes

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

"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."

"Act without expectation."

"He who is contented is rich."

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."

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

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

"If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already within you."

"The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas."

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

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

"A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live."

"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - don't overdo it."

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

"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

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

"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings."

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

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

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

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

"There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your enemy."

"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."

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

"The soft overcomes the hard. The slow overcomes the fast."

"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place."

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

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."

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

"He who stands on tiptoe is not steady."

"He who talks more is sooner exhausted."

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

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."