Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
- Lao Tzu

Nature is not human hearted.
- Lao Tzu

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
- Lao Tzu

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
- Lao Tzu

Because of frugality, one is generous.
- Lao Tzu

To lead people walk behind them.
- Lao Tzu

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.
- Lao Tzu

To have little is to possess.
- Lao Tzu

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
- Lao Tzu

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
- Lao Tzu

Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
- Lao Tzu

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
- Lao Tzu

Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
- Lao Tzu

He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
- Lao Tzu

This is why it is so near to Tao.
- Lao Tzu

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
- Lao Tzu

To be worn out is to be renewed.
- Lao Tzu

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
- Lao Tzu

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
- Lao Tzu

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
- Lao Tzu

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
- Lao Tzu

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu

Wise men don’t need to prove their point.. men who need to prove their point aren’t wise.
- Lao Tzu

Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.
- Lao Tzu

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.
- Lao Tzu

Born to be wild – live to outgrow it.
- Lao Tzu

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
- Lao Tzu

To have plenty is to be perplexed.
- Lao Tzu

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
- Lao Tzu

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu

Fail to honor people,they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, ‘We did this ourselves.’
- Lao Tzu

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
- Lao Tzu

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
- Lao Tzu

To lead the people, walk behind them.
- Lao Tzu