454 Quotes by Lao Tzu

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

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.

To perceive things in the germ is intelligence

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them -- that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.