Quote

Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.

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
Opposes
Oppose
Sage
Taoism
World

More quotes by Laozi

Image
Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself.
Laozi
Image
Conduct your triumph as a funeral.
Laozi
Image
Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
Laozi
Image
Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.
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
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love it is always on the side of the good man.
Laozi
Image
Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.
Laozi
Image
Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling he sees without looking he works without doing.
Laozi
Image
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Laozi
Image
Every step is on the path.
Laozi
Image
Sincere words are not fine fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it) the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned the extensively learned do not know it.
Laozi
Image
Peace and quiet govern the world.
Laozi
Image
Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.
Laozi
Image
All things of the world are born of being being is born of nonbeing.
Laozi
Image
The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
Laozi
Image
Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.
Laozi
Image
Excellent warriors are not violent.
Laozi
Image
Returning to the source is serenity.
Laozi
Image
Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.
Laozi
Image
If you attach yourself to gross energies - loving this person, hating that clan, rejecting one experience or habitually indulging in another - then you will lead a series of heavy, attached lives. This can go on for a very long and tedious time.
Laozi