Quote

If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.

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
Everything
First
Giving
Give
Firsts

More quotes by Laozi

Image
A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step - Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.
Laozi
Image
The high must make the low its base.
Laozi
Image
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
Laozi
Image
Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.
Laozi
Image
Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.
Laozi
Image
The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.
Laozi
Image
Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.
Laozi
Image
Health is the greatest possession.
Laozi
Image
You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.
Laozi
Image
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Laozi
Image
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout.
Laozi
Image
Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. . . . If we remain obsessed with seeds and eggs, we are married to the fertile reproductive valley of the Mysterious Mother but not to her immeasurable heart and all-knowing mind.
Laozi
Image
Be the chief but never the lord.
Laozi
Image
The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.
Laozi
Image
Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.
Laozi
Image
The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
Laozi
Image
The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.
Laozi
Image
Those who are self-righteous are not prominent.
Laozi
Image
The softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room.
Laozi
Image
So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.
Laozi