565 Quotes by Laozi

Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice. Still, no one in the world can understand or practice them.

A tree as wide as a man’s embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

Peace is our natural state of being.

Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.

Watch your thoughts, they become words...

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.