Quotes from Lao Tzu
To lead people, you must follow behind.
- Lao Tzu
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
- Lao Tzu
If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
- Lao Tzu
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
- Lao Tzu
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
- 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
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
- Lao Tzu
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
- Lao Tzu
The heart that gives, gathers.
- Lao Tzu
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
- Lao Tzu
For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
- Lao Tzu