Lao Tzu 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.