565 Quotes by Laozi

Clay is used to make vases, but it is the emptiness they contain that makes them useful.

He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.

Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.

Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.

Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.

Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.

Lessen selfishness and restrain desires.