Quote: Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. [ Laozi]
Quote: Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. [ Laozi]
Quote: A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth. [ Laozi]
Quote: If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. [ Laozi]
Quote: He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much. [ Laozi]
Quote: People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. [ Laozi]
Quote: To see things in the seed is genius. [ Laozi]
Quote: Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear. [ Laozi]
Quote: When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish. [ Laozi]
Quote: Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness. [ Laozi]
Quote: Without stirring abroad, one can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window one can see the way of heaven. The further one goes the less one knows. [ Laozi]
Quote: A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves. [ Laozi]
Quote: To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty. [ Laozi]
Quote: Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. [ Laozi]
Quote: I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. [ Laozi]
Quote: Nature is not human hearted. [ Laozi]
Quote: Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding. [ Laozi]
Quote: To lead people walk behind them. [ Laozi]
Quote: The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, We did it ourselves. [ Laozi]
Quote: It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back. [ Laozi]
Quote: Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it. [ Laozi]
Quote: When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. [ Laozi]
Quote: Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. [ Laozi]
Quote: For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. [ Laozi]
Quote: He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful. [ Laozi]