Quote

Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.

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
Rivers
Flow
Mountain
Stills
Still
Great
Like
Taoism
River

More quotes by Laozi

Image
Spokes unite in the hub of a wheel.
Laozi
Image
The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.
Laozi
Image
Going on means going far, going far means returning.
Laozi
Image
The one who rules like the mother lasts long.
Laozi
Image
Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.
Laozi
Image
Be content with an ordinary life.
Laozi
Image
The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent non aggressiveness.
Laozi
Image
Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
Laozi
Image
The brittle is easy to shatter.
Laozi
Image
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
Laozi
Image
Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.
Laozi
Image
We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable.
Laozi
Image
The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.
Laozi
Image
He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.
Laozi
Image
The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.
Laozi
Image
A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.
Laozi
Image
The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao.
Laozi
Image
The valley spirit never dies. It is called the mystical female.
Laozi
Image
From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.
Laozi
Image
If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.
Laozi