Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
LAO TZUBeing deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
-
-
Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
LAO TZU -
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.
LAO TZU -
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
LAO TZU -
Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.
LAO TZU -
We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.
LAO TZU -
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
LAO TZU -
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
LAO TZU -
Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
LAO TZU -
Love is a decision – not an emotion!
LAO TZU -
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
LAO TZU -
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.
LAO TZU -
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
LAO TZU -
Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
LAO TZU -
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
LAO TZU -
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
LAO TZU