Lao Tzu Quotes on Wisdom

Be the chief but never the lord.

To lead people walk behind them.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

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

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

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

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

From wonder into wonder existence opens.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

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

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

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

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.