565 Quotes by Laozi

Heavy is the root of light.

Keep your mouth shut, and close up the doors of sight and sound, and as long as you live you will have no vexation. But open your mouth, or become inquisitive, and you will be in trouble all your life long.

All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.

The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.

Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.

The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.

That so few understand me is why I am treasured.

Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.