Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu quotes
"When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty,There arises the recognition of ugliness.When they all know the good as good,There arises the recognition of evil."
Take this quote mobile"The best [man] is like water.Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.It dwells in [lowly] places that all disdain.This is why it is so near to Tao."
"He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire."
"Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires."
"To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed."
"To be worn out is to be renewed."
"He who knows others is wise;He who know himself is enlightened."
"When the highest type of men hear Tao,They diligently practice it.When the average type of men hear Tao,They half believe in it.When the lowest type of men hear Tao,They laugh heartily at it.Without the laugh, there is no Tao."
"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.Through this I know the advantage of taking no action."
"There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is not greater disaster than greed."