The Tao Te Ching, also known as Lao Tzu or Laozi, is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi. The text’s authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates back to the late 4th century BC, but modern scholarship dates other parts of the text as having been written—or at least compiled—later than the earliest portions of the Zhuangzi. The Tao Te Ching, along with the Zhuangzi, is a fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Taoism. It also strongly influenced other schools of Chinese philosophy and religion, including Legalism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, which was largely interpreted through the use of Taoist words and concepts when it was originally introduced to China. Many artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and gardeners, have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has spread widely outside East Asia and it is among the most translated works in world literature. May these Tao Te Ching Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Laozi
2. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” Laozi
8. “If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.” Laozi
9. “Truly, humility is the root from which greatness springs, and the high must be built upon the foundation of the low. Truly, too much honor means no honor.” Tao Te Ching
10. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” Laozi
11. “Tackle things before they have appeared. Cultivate peace and order before confusion and disorder have set in.” Tao Te Ching
12. “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” Laozi
13. “Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” Laozi
14. “Only simple and quiet words will ripen of themselves. For a whirlwind does not last a whole morning. Nor does a sudden shower last a whole day.” Tao Te Ching
15. “In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” Laozi
16. “To know when you have enough is to be immune from disgrace. To know when to stop is to be preserved from perils. Only thus can you endure long.” Tao Te Ching
18. “Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Laozi
19. “Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?” Laozi
20. “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” Laozi
21. “Big things of the world can only be achieved by attending to their small beginnings.” Tao Te Ching
22. “Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.” Laozi
23. “The more you know the less you need to say.” Jim Rohn
24. “To return to the root is to find peace. To find peace is to fulfill one’s destiny.” Tao Te Ching
25. “If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbours, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.”
26. “He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.” Laozi
27. “Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.” Laozi
28. “Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.” Laozi
29. “To be great is to go on, to go on is to be far, to be far is to return.” Tao Te Ching
30. “When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn’t possess, acts but doesn’t expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.” Laozi
31. “Indeed, the hidden and the manifest give birth to each other.” Tao Te Ching
32. “If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.” Laozi
33. “Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.” Laozi
34. “The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.” Laozi
35. “Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.” Laozi
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