Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu) Quotes

Chinese philosopher Laozi - also rendered in English as Lao Zi, Lao Tzu, Lao Tse and Lao Tsu -- is known for the Tao Te Ching, a key writing of Taoism. His lifetime -- if he existed as a single historical figure -- was in the 4th or 5th century BCE. Laozi is a title, not actually a proper name.

Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. ”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “The highest excellence is like water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving, the low place which all men dislike. ”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle -- this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly.”

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Laozi (Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Lao Tsu): “Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profundity.
Kindness in giving creates love.”

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