565 Quotes by Laozi

Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.

A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.

To know and not to do is not yet to know.

Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious.

If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren’t led by the senses, your heart will find peace.

Open yourself to the truth, then trust in your natural responses, and everything will fall into place.

What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out.

What should be shrunken must first be stretched.

Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel’s hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.