Quotes by Lao Tzu

“Those who have knowledge, dont predict. Those who predict, dont have knowledge.”

“The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.”

“One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.”

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”

“He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties”

“He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them”

“From caring comes courage”

“Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.”

“Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.”

“The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.”

“Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.”

“A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.”

“You do not lead by hitting people over the head-thats assault, not leadership.”

“I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they dont want to do and like it”

“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”

“He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.”

“When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.”

“Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of ones status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at ones inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.”

“Muddy water, let stand - becomes clear”

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”