Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining. Laozi More Quotes by Laozi More Quotes From Laozi Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others. Laozi doemistakeopportunity If good happens, good; if bad happens, good. Laozi tao-chingtaoismtao-te-ching If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man. Laozi wisementhinking Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless. Laozi worthlessvaluableworld Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results. Laozi athleteinspirationalsports Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect. Laozi taoismimperfectperfection Every step is on the path. Laozi taoismpathsteps I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Laozi patiencemotivationalinspirational Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and spoke like a thief. But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child. Laozi boyschildrenson Success is as dangerous as failure. Laozi failurefearmean Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love. Laozi kind-thoughtskind-deedskindness There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time to breathe hard. There is a time to be vigorous and a time to be gentle. There is a time to gather and a time to release. Can you see things as they are And let them be all on their own? Laozi feeling-downmotivationfeelings What should be shrunken must first be stretched. Laozi taoismshouldfirsts The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. Laozi powerfulunderstandingheart You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science. Laozi fingersstudybody If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled. Laozi helping-othersspirituallooks Open yourself to the truth, then trust in your natural responses, and everything will fall into place. Laozi fall-into-placenaturalfall When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you. Laozi accepting-yourselfuniverseaccepting The more laws and restrictions there are, Laozi libertylawpeople Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. 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. Laozi changeappreciationhappiness
