Category Quotations

Lao Tzu says: “When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.”

Lao Tzu says: “When people are born they are gentle and soft. At death they are hard and stiff. When plants are alive they are soft and delicate. When they die, they wither and dry up. Therefore, the hard and…

Lao Tzu says: “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”

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.”