Lao Tzu Quotes
The legendary founder of Taoism, credited with the Tao Te Ching. Lao Tzu's gentle paradoxes teach the strength of softness, patience and going with the flow of life. Below are 18 of the most loved Lao Tzu quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Time is a created thing. To say I don't have time is like saying I don't want to.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Silence is a source of great strength.
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.