Tag: Lao Tzu
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It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
Lao Tzu
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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
Lao Tzu
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Lao Tzu
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Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
Lao Tzu
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Nature is not human hearted.
Lao Tzu
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If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
Lao Tzu
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Lao Tzu
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Lao Tzu
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The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
Lao Tzu
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
Lao Tzu