565 Quotes by Laozi

The more laws and restrictions there are, the poorer the people become.

To know you have enough is to be rich.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.

The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!

Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.

It is as though he listened and such listening as his enfolds us in silence in which at last we begin to hear what we are meant to be.

True words are not fancy. Fancy words are not true. The good do not debate. Debaters are not good.

The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.