Quotes by Lao Tzu

"Be the chief but never the lord."

"To lead people walk behind them."

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

"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy."

"He who talks more is sooner exhausted."

"He who is contented is rich."

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

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox"

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

"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence."

"The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own."

"Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven."

"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want."

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."

"All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small."

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

"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning."