454 Quotes by Lao Tzu

The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Advise the ruler to govern the state as one cooks a small fish - that is, don't turn it so often in the pan that it disintegrates

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are easy, and managing great things in their be

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed, the greater the number of lawbreakers and tax evaders

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

A thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.