Top 97 Quotes by Lao Tzu

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These are some quotes by Chinese author Lao Tzu Philosopher.

Nature is not human hearted.

Nature is not human hearted.

Lao Tzu

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Lao Tzu

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Lao Tzu

There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from danger. It may be considered the mother of the universe. I do not know its name; I call it Tao.

Lao Tzu

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Lao Tzu

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

Lao Tzu

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Lao Tzu

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Lao Tzu

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.

Lao Tzu

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

Lao Tzu

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