Quotes By Author: lao tzu

“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.”

“I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.”

“Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.”

“To know that you do not know is the best.To think you know when you do not is a disease.Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.”

“Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. He who knows has no wide learning; he who has wide learning does not know.”

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourselfis Enlightenment.”

“A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.”

“He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.”

“The past has no power to stop youfrom being present now.Only your grievance aboutthe past can do that.What is grievance?The baggage of oldthought and emotion.”

“If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.”

“Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether a man dispassionatelySees to the core of lifeOr passionatelySees the surface,The core and the surfaceAre essentially the same,Words making them seem differentOnly to express appearance.If name be needed, wonder names them both:From wonder into wonderExistence opens.”

“As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.”

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”

“He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.”