Life Quotes Quote by Lao Tzu — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“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.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.”

“Simplicity, patience, compassion.”

“To see things in the seed, that is genius.”

“Silence is a source of great strength.”

“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”

“A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.”

“People are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat--that's the only moral they know.”

“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.”

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

“I hate when people say 'I see'. It doesn't mean anything and I think it's hostile. Whenever anyone tells me 'I see' I think they're really saying 'Fuck you'.”