Quote

When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

Laozi

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Laozi
Archivist
Philosopher
Writer
Lao-tze
Lao Tzu
Lao-tzu
Lao-tsu
Li Er
Laotze
Humility
Shall
Taken
Take
Never
Courtesy
Citizenship
Achieved
Merit

More quotes by Laozi

Image
Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
Laozi
Image
The separate parts make no carriage.
Laozi
Image
All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.
Laozi
Image
Going on means going far, going far means returning.
Laozi
Image
He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.
Laozi
Image
Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.
Laozi
Image
But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance they discard humility, and aim only at being first. Therefore they shall surely perish.
Laozi
Image
The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
Laozi
Image
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Laozi
Image
Those who stand on their toes are not steady.
Laozi
Image
Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.
Laozi
Image
Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.
Laozi
Image
Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.
Laozi
Image
If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
Laozi
Image
Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.
Laozi
Image
When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.
Laozi
Image
The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies Remembering this, he keeps his attitude unstructured at all times and thus is always free to pursue the Integral Way. He studies the teachings of the masters. He dissolves all concepts of duality. He pours himself out in service to others.
Laozi
Image
The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.
Laozi
Image
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self reliant people will be.
Laozi
Image
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
Laozi