"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
— Laozi

"Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
— Laozi

"Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know."
— Laozi (Tao Teh Ching)

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."
— Laozi

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
— Laozi

"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live."
— Laozi

"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

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

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

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
— Laozi

"Silence is a source of Great Strength."
— Laozi

"Knowing others is wisdom; knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; mastering the self needs strength."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"To lead people, walk beside them ...
As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.
The next best, the people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ...
When the best leader's work is done the people say,
'We did it ourselves!'""
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."
— Laozi

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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— Laozi

"The best fighter is never angry."
— Laozi

"Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream."
— Laozi

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

"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

"Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.'"
— Laozi

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."
— Laozi

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."
— Laozi

"To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders."
— Laozi

"Because of a great love, one is courageous."
— Laozi

"There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent."
— Laozi

"Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear."
— Laozi

"A leader is best
When people barely know he exists
Of a good leader, who talks little,
When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
They will say, “We did this ourselves.”"
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease."
— Laozi

"To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day."
— Laozi

"Loss is not as bad as wanting more."
— Laozi

"Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing."
— Laozi

"By letting go it all gets done."
— Laozi

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
— Laozi

"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment"
— Laozi

""Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner."
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— Laozi (The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism / Includes "The Gatekeeper's Tale")

"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."
— Laozi

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

"We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.

We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.

We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.

We work with being,
but non-being is what we use."
— Laozi

"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip."
— Laozi

"Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?"
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"The further one goes, the less one knows."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"Act without expectation."
— Laozi

"She does not show herself, and therefore is apparent. She does not affirm herself, and therefore is acknowledged. She does not boast and therefore has merit. She does not strive and therefore is successful. It is exactly because she does not contend, that nobody can contend with her."
— Laozi

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

"One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him."
— Laozi

"Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force."
— Laozi