Quote

Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, He has done this, he has done that. Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, We have done it all ourselves.

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
Second
Leader
Saying
Speak
Firsts
Respectfully
First
Leaders
Done
Rate
People
Teaching

More quotes by Laozi

Image
Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.
Laozi
Image
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
Laozi
Image
Life is going forth death is returning home.
Laozi
Image
Attending fully and becoming supple, Can you be as a newborn babe?
Laozi
Image
Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.
Laozi
Image
The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
Laozi
Image
Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.
Laozi
Image
Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.
Laozi
Image
Heavy is the root of light.
Laozi
Image
Searching for precious goods leads astray.
Laozi
Image
Be Content with what you have rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Laozi
Image
The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.
Laozi
Image
The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
Laozi
Image
Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
Laozi
Image
The softest of stuff in the world, penetrates quickly the hardest, insubstantial, it enters where there is no room.
Laozi
Image
Returning to the source is serenity.
Laozi
Image
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.
Laozi
Image
If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.
Laozi
Image
We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable.
Laozi
Image
Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.
Laozi