454 Quotes by Lao Tzu

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

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

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

The leader shows that style is no substitute for substance, that creating an impression is more potent than acting from one's center.