Lao Tzu Quotes and Sayings

• If you are content
  You will always have enough.
   
• Greatness has its source in the little.
  The low is the foundation of the high.
   
• Trying to fill life to the brim invites a curse.
  For the mind to make demands upon the breath of life brings strain.
   
• If you would assist leaders of people by way of the Tao,
  you will oppose the use of armed force to overpower the world.
   
• The True Person benefits yet expects no reward,
  does the work and moves on.
  There is no desire to be considered better than others.
   
• Good words are appreciated.
  Good deeds are accepted as gifts.
   
• The Tao is hidden and nameless;
  yet, it is the Tao alone that supports all things
  and brings them to completion.
   
• How did the sea gain kingship of a hundred streams?
  Because it takes the lower position.
  Hence, it is king of a hundred streams.
   
• Returning is the direction of the Tao.
  Yielding is the way of the Tao.
  The ten thousand things are born of Being
  and Being is born of Nonbeing.
   
• A skilled warrior does not rush ahead of others
  A skilled fighter does not make a show of anger.
  A skilled victor does not seek revenge.
  A skilled employer does not act superior.
   
• Heaven and earth last forever.
  The reason why heaven and earth last forever
  is that they do not live for themselves.
  Hence, they last forever.