Quote

Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.

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
Costly
Fortunes
Taoism
Greed
Fortune
Lost
Assembled

More quotes by Laozi

Image
The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.
Laozi
Image
Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?
Laozi
Image
The most able seems clumsy.
Laozi
Image
The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
Laozi
Image
Every step is on the path.
Laozi
Image
Returning is the movement of the Way.
Laozi
Image
. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.
Laozi
Image
Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.
Laozi
Image
The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
Laozi
Image
People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.
Laozi
Image
In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint.
Laozi
Image
I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage from economy comes generosity From humility comes leadership.
Laozi
Image
Act non-action undertake no undertaking taste the tasteless.
Laozi
Image
When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.
Laozi
Image
Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.
Laozi
Image
Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.
Laozi
Image
He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.
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 reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them. That is why they are able to reign over all the mountain streams.
Laozi
Image
He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.
Laozi