Laozi (571 BC), also known as Lao Tzu, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese Taoist philosopher. Laozi is a Chinese honorific, generally translated as “the Old Master”.
Laozi Quotes
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.
—Laozi
Those who talk don’t know.
—Laozi
The world is formed from the void, like utensils from a block of wood.
—Laozi
Not seeking, not expecting, she is present, and can welcome all things.
—Laozi
You can’t know it, but you can be it, at ease in your own life.
—Laozi
The Tao is infinite, eternal.
—Laozi
The moral man does something, and when no one responds he rolls up his sleeves and uses force.
—Laozi
The Tao follows only itself.
—Laozi
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
—Laozi
When goodness is lost, there is morality.
—Laozi
The Tao is nowhere to be found.
—Laozi
True words seem paradoxical.
—Laozi
This is called practicing eternity.
—Laozi
When taxes are too high, people go hungry.
—Laozi
The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid.
—Laozi
The Master observes the world but trusts his inner vision.
—Laozi
First realize that you are sick; then you can move toward health.
—Laozi
The more powerful it grows, the greater the need for humility.
—Laozi
When her work is done, she forgets it.
—Laozi
The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it.
—Laozi
The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to.
—Laozi
Returning to the source is serenity.
—Laozi
We work with being, but non-being is what we use.
—Laozi
The Tao is like a well: used but never used up.
—Laozi
There may be an arsenal of weapons, but nobody ever uses them.
—Laozi
Seeing into darkness is clarity.
—Laozi
When you look for it, there is nothing to see.
—Laozi
When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother,
—Laozi
The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be.
—Laozi
When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority.
—Laozi