565 Quotes by Laozi

We are all capable of much more than we think we are.

What is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good man’s charge?

Every human being’s essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.

The softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room...

If you have truely attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.

The subtlest of subtleties, this is the gateway to all mysteries.

The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time to breathe hard. There is a time to be vigorous and a time to be gentle. There is a time to gather and a time to release. Can you see things as they are And let them be all on their own?

It’s hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.