To lead people walk behind them. ...
by Lao Tzu
To lead people walk behind them.
- Lao Tzu
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Sayings by Lao Tzu
He who is contented is rich.
- Lao Tzu 
Silence is a source of great strength.
- Lao Tzu
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
- Lao Tzu
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Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.
- Lao-Tzu
From caring comes courage.
- Lao Tzu
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
- Lao Tzu
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
- Lao Tzu
To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
Be the chief but never the lord.
- Lao Tzu
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu
Be merciful, moderate, and modest.
- Lao Tzu
Yielding is the way of the Tao.
- Lao Tzu
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
How could man rejoice in victory
and delight in the slaughter of men?
- Lao Tzu
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
- Lao Tzu
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
- Lao Tzu
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
- Lao Tzu
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb)
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
- Lao Tzu
He who knows himself is enlightened.
- Lao Tzu
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
- Lao Tzu
Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
- Lao Tzu
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
- Lao Tzu
From wonder into wonder existence opens.
- Lao Tzu
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
The Tao of the sage is work without effort.
Practice non-action. Work without doing.
- Lao Tzu
If you do not change direction,
you may end up where you are heading.
- Lao Tzu
Those who have knowledge, don't predict.
Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
- Lao Tzu
When the best leader's work is done the people say,
"We did it ourselves."
- Lao Tzu
Nature is not human hearted.
- Lao Tzu
The softest things in the world overcome
the hardest things in the world.
- Lao Tzu
For the wise man looks into space
and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
- Lao Tzu
Do not attempt to conquer the world with force,
for force only causes resistance.
- Lao Tzu
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
- Lao Tzu
He who knows others is clever;
He who knows himself has discernment.
- Lao Tzu
He who conquers others is strong;
He who conquers himself is mighty.
- Lao Tzu
The Master acts without doing, and everything gets done.
- Lao Tzu
He who controls others may be powerful,
but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
- Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough
will always have enough.
- Lao Tzu
One can not reflect in streaming water.
Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength;
loving someone deeply gives you courage.
- Lao Tzu
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.
The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
- Lao Tzu
Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
If you would take, you must first give,
this is the beginning of intelligence.
- Lao Tzu
Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu
At the center of your being you have the answer;
you know who you are and you know what you want.
- Lao Tzu
One who is too insistent on his own views,
finds few to agree with him.
- Lao Tzu
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity,
reduce selfishness, have few desires.
- Lao Tzu
Life and death are one thread,
the same line viewed from different sides.
- Lao Tzu
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
- Lao Tzu
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water,
yet nothing can resist it.
- Lao Tzu
To love someone deeply gives you strength.
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
- Lao Tzu
He who knows, does not speak.
He who speaks, does not know.
- Lao Tzu
The Tao abides in non-action,
Yet nothing is left undone.
- Lao Tzu
Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.
- Lao Tzu
The things of this world exist;
they are; you can't refuse them.
- Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching - Book One #2 - version by Ursula K. Le Guin
He who obtains has little.
He who scatters has much.
- Lao Tzu
All difficult things have
their origin in that which is easy,
and great things in that which is small.
- Lao Tzu
The power of intuitive understanding
will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
- Lao Tzu
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
I do not concern myself with gods and spirits
either good or evil, nor do I serve any.
- Lao Tzu
By letting it go it all gets done.
The world is won by those who let it go.
But when you try and try.
The world is beyond the winning.
- Lao Tzu
A leader is best when people barely know he exists;
when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say: we did it ourselves.
- Lao Tzu
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline;
simulated fear postulates courage;
simulated weakness postulates strength.
- Lao Tzu
He who does not trust enough,
will not be trusted.
- Lao Tzu
Violence, even well intentioned,
always rebounds upon oneself.
- Lao Tzu
The more laws and order are made prominent,
the more thieves and robbers there will be.
- Lao Tzu
I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
- Lao Tzu
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
- Lao Tzu
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