Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu
Laoziwas an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism, and as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. Although a legendary figure, he is usually dated to around the 6th century BC and reckoned a contemporary of Confucius, but some historians contend that he actually lived during the Warring States period of the 5th or 4th century BC. A central figure in Chinese culture, Laozi...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.