454 Quotes by Lao Tzu

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back.

Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.