Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
He who hoards much loses much.
Laozi
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Laozi
Archivist
Philosopher
Writer
Lao-tze
Lao Tzu
Lao-tzu
Lao-tsu
Li Er
Laotze
Much
Hoards
Simplicity
Loses
More quotes by Laozi
Be as the still mountain Move like the great river.
Laozi
What is well planted will not be uprooted.
Laozi
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
Knowing others is intelligence knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength mastering yourself is true power.
Laozi
If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.
Laozi
Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down the low, it lifts up It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?
Laozi
Things are not worth attending to, yet they have to be attended to.
Laozi
When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
Laozi
Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.
Laozi
If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.
Laozi
Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?
Laozi
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.
Laozi
When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
Laozi
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.
Laozi
. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.
Laozi
Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.
Laozi
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple.
Laozi
Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.
Laozi
People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.
Laozi
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).
Laozi
