Category Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu says: “Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.”

Lao Tzu says: “Truly good person functions without ulterior motive… Whereas, a moralist acts out of private desires..”

Lao Tzu says: “True words are not fancy. Fancy words are not true. The good do not debate. Debaters are not good.”

Lao Tzu says: “Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not…

Lao Tzu says: “To see things in the seed, that is genius.”

Lao Tzu says: “To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.”

Lao Tzu says: “To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.”

Lao Tzu says: “To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

Lao Tzu says: “Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to’.”

Lao Tzu says: “Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.”