Lao Tzu on Thinking Quotes

"Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful."

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

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

"He who knows himself is enlightened."

"Those who know do not predict. Those who predict do not know."

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

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

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

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

"The wise man is one who knows what he does not know."

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

"Silence is a source of great strength."

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

"He who is contented is rich."

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

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

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

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

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

"Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle."

"Act without expectation."

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

"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are."