The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete. Laozi More Quotes by Laozi More Quotes From Laozi In order to contract, It is necessary first to expand. In order to weaken, It is necessary first to strengthen. In order to destroy, It is first necessary to promote. In order to grasp, It is necessary first to give. This is called subtle light. The weak and the tender overcome the hard and the strong. Laozi lightstrongcharacter We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable. Laozi taoismspacehouse Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect. Laozi taoismperfectthinking When you are one with loss, the loss is experienced willingly. Laozi tao-chingtaoismloss If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding. Laozi understandinggivingprofound Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. Laozi taoismtrendsknowledge Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. I wish you Happy New Year and diary full of best stories ever written in your life. Laozi new-yearhappy-lifeyears When taxes are too high, people go hungry. Laozi libertarianlibertypeople The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. Laozi too-muchinspirationalpeople Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and names, before heaven and earth, before the ten thousand things. It is the unlimited father and mother of all limited things. Therefore, to see beyond boundaries to the subtle heart of things, dispense with names, with concepts, with expectations and ambitions and differences. Tao and its many manifestations arise from the same source: subtle wonder within mysterious darkness. This is the beginning of all understanding. Laozi motherheartfather Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world. Laozi compassionknowinghonor Movement overcomes cold. Laozi taoismmovementovercoming I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. Laozi taoismevilinspirational First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world. Laozi communitymindfulnessworld The heavy is the root of the light. The unmoved is the source of all movement. Thus the Master travels all day without leaving home. However splendid the views, she stays serenely in herself. Why should the lord of the country flit about like a fool? If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root. If you let restlessness move you, you lose touch with who you are. Laozi homecountrymoving The most fundamental seems fickle. Laozi fickletaoismfundamentals The highest virtue seems as low as a valley. Laozi taoismvalleyscompassion Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Laozi knivessimplicityinspirational To lead, one must follow. Laozi leadership People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge. Laozi taoismtoo-muchpeople
