black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.

Laozi

What resists, persists.
LAOZI

Emotions Feel Persist Resist
Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
LAOZI

Great Mountain Move River
To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
LAOZI

Conquest Murder Rejoice
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
LAOZI

Crouch Happiness Misery
Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
LAOZI

Depth Heart Inspirational Kindness
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
LAOZI

Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
LAOZI

Fact Known Overcoming Practice
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
LAOZI

Everybody Overcome Strong Taoism
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
LAOZI

Choice Instrument Men Tool Weapon Wise
Heavy is the root of light.
LAOZI

heavy Light Root Taoism
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
LAOZI

Deed Honor Marketplace Men
The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
LAOZI

Abandon Accomplishment Inspirational
Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
LAOZI

Enough Know Misfortune
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
LAOZI

Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
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

Army Before Humility Leadership Other Put
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

Dream Opportunity Worry

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Laozi Quotes