565 Quotes by Laozi

I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak this way, tomorrow that, but always the Path is beyond words and beyond mind.

The master understands that the universe is forever out of control.

The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.

Return animosity with virtue.

Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.

Knowing that we don’t know it’s humility; thinking that we know what we don’t know, is sickness.

Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.