Top & Most Famous Lao Tzu Quotes

"To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day."

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"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place."

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"There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent."

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"Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing."

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"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

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"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich."

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"Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force."

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"Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here."

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"Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing."

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"The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms."

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"The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long."

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"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."

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"If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind."

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"Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself."

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"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."

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"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

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"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."

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"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth."

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"Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know."

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

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"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

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"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."

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"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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"Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner."

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"A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live."

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"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."

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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

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"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

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"To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders."

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"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."

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"Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?"

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"Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found."

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"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

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"What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly."

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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

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"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow."

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