Lao Tzu on Stoicism Quotes

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

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

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

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

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom."

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

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

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

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

"He who is contented is rich."

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

"Your own positive expectation marks the speed of your success."

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

"Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself."

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

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

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

"One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others."

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."

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

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."

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

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

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

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small."

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

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

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

"Silence is a source of great strength."

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

"Act without expectation."

"The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid."