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“If I had just a little bit of wisdom I should walk the great path and fear only straying from it.”
― Lao Tzu

“There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.”
― Lao Tzu

“If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Knowing others is Wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment”
― Lao Tzu

“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something.”
― Lao Tzu

“Water is fluid, soft & yielding but water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield ... what is soft is strong.”
― Lao-tzu

“from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged;”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Success is as dangerous as failure.
Hope is as hollow as fear.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines;”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Colors blind the eye
Sounds deafen the ear.
Flavors numb the taste.
Thoughts weaken the mind.
Desires wither the heart.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“El hombre corriente, cuando emprende una cosa, la echa a perder por tener prisa en terminarla.”
― Lao-tseu

“Thirty spokes share one hub in non-being lies the use of the cart knead clay to make vessels in non-being lies the use of the vessel cut out doors and windows to make a house
therefore form being comes what is usable and from non-being comes what is essential.”
― Lao Tzu

“The master leads
by emptying people's minds
and filling their cores,
by weakening their ambition
and toughening their resolve.”
― Laozi

“Libérate de la influencia de las opiniones de los demás.”
― Lao Tse

“Respeta tu propia visión interior y confía en tus pensamientos naturales”
― Lao Tse

“Todo lo que ahora necesito,está aquí.”
― Lao Tse

“No te empeñes en forzar las cosas, lo que es tuyo irá a ti.”
― Lao Tse

“When the world knows beauty as beauty, ugliness arises.”
― Lao Tzu

“As to the roaming of sages,
They move in utter emptiness,
Let their minds meander in the great nothingness;
They run beyond convention
And go through where there is no gateway.
They listen to the soundless
And look at the formless,
They are not constrained by society
And not bound to its customs.
- Lao-tzu”
― Lao Tzu

“Ist eine Lehre zur Satzung erstarrt, hat sie geendet.”
― Lao Tse

“Cuando me despojo de lo que soy, me torno en lo que podría ser.”
― Lao Tzu

“Thus it is said:
The path into light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak...
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish.”
― Laozi

“Un buen viajero no tiene planes fijos y no tiene intención de llegar.”
― Lao Tzu

“The inner is foundation of the outer
The still is master of the restless

The Sage travels all day
yet never leaves his inner treasure”
― Laotzu

“el tao que puede ser expresado no es el verdadero tao.”
― Lao Tse

“True words aren't eloquent;
eloquent words aren't true.
Wise men don't need to prove their point;
men who need to prove their point aren't wise.

The Master has no possessions.
The more he does for others,
the happier he is.
The more he gives to others,
the wealthier he is.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Not-knowing is true knowledge.
Presuming to know is a disease.
First realize that you are sick;
then you can move toward health.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching