Taoism Lao Tzu Sayings

#1. With those who are sincere
the sage is sincere
With those who are insincere
the sage is also sincere
because the way of Tao is sincerity

Lao-Tzu

#2. Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of water.

Frederick Lenz

#3. A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.
A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.

Lao-Tzu

#4. To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.

Lao-Tzu

#5. I joined the Pass Mods. class and studied the cyropaedia and Livy's Wars with a resentful feeling that there was quite enough war in the world without having to read about it in Latin

Vera Brittain

#6. Earth is a divine organism
it cannot be successfully manipulated
Who attempts manipulation will encounter defeat

Lao-Tzu

#7. The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level of existence.

Frederick Lenz

#8. Perfect tranquillity is the way of heaven and earth.

Lao-Tzu

#9. Tao 'is' before words
and before deeds

Lao-Tzu

#10. One gains by losing and loses by gaining.

Lao-Tzu

#11. How can one know the eternal origin?
By letting go of ideas
and allowing it to reveal itself

Lao-Tzu

#12. We will never allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China.

Hu Jintao

#13. All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.

Leon Uris

#14. For the sage
Heaven and Earth join
in bestowing the greatest gifts

Lao-Tzu

#15. It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

Charley Pride

#16. Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

Lao-Tzu

#17. Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.

Lao-Tzu

#18. Who acts in stillness finds stillness in his life.

Lao-Tzu

#19. Her world had shrunk - no matter who she was with, she'd prefer to be with him. That's what happened when you fell in love - you only want to see them.

Marian Keyes

#20. Emptiness appears barren
yet is infinite fullness

Lao-Tzu

#21. A large portion of those who demand woman suffrage are persons who have not been trained to reason, and are chiefly guided by their generous sensibilities.

Catharine Beecher

#22. Death is inevitable passion is eternal

Allison Van Diepen

#23. The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground
While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above.

Lao-Tzu