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
This source is called darkness.
—Laozi
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.
—Laozi
Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes.
—Laozi
When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.
—Laozi
Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness?
—Laozi
True art seems artless.
—Laozi
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
—Laozi
When two great forces oppose each other, the victory will go to the one that knows how to yield.
—Laozi
Underestimating your enemy means thinking that he is evil.
—Laozi
When morality is lost, there is ritual.
—Laozi
When male and female combine, all things achieve harmony.
—Laozi
The ordinary man is always doing things, yet many more are left to be done.
—Laozi
Three gives birth to all things.
—Laozi
There is a time for being ahead, a time for being behind; a time for being in motion, a time for being at rest; a time for being
—Laozi
The more you know, the less you understand.
—Laozi
Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier.
—Laozi
You spoil it with too much poking.
—Laozi
When they lose their sense of awe, people turn to religion.
—Laozi
There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their appearance.
—Laozi
The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead.
—Laozi
Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death.
—Laozi
Thoughts weaken the mind.
—Laozi
The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
—Laozi
Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.
—Laozi
Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.
—Laozi
Trust them; leave them alone.
—Laozi
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course?
—Laozi
Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
—Laozi
Therefore the Master takes action by letting things take their course.
—Laozi
She lets them go their own way, and resides at the center of the circle.
—Laozi