Lao Tzu on Wisdom Quotes

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

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

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

"All streams flow to the ocean because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power."

"We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want."

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

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

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

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

"The Tao does nothing, yet nothing is left undone."

"To see things in the seed, that is genius."

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

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

"He who stands on tiptoe is not steady."

"He who knows himself is enlightened."

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

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

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

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."

"The great way is very smooth, but people love the mountain paths."

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

"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

"Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity."

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

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

"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield."

"Act without expectation."

"The further one goes, the less one knows."

"A man with inner courage dares to live."

"He who tries to shine does not enlighten."

"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name."

"He who is enlightened by the Tao within himself has a life that is simple and whole."