Lao Tzu Love Quotes & Sayings

We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.
We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.
We work with being,
but non-being is what we use. — Lao-Tzu

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. — Lao-Tzu

Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be entrusted with it. — Lao-Tzu

A man should love others as himself and also their parents as his own. — Lao-Tzu

The Constitution gives you the right, as a white man, to have a rifle in your home. The Constitution gives you the right to protect yourself. Why is it 'ominous' when black people even talk of having rifles? Why don't we have the right to self-defense? Is it because maybe you know we're going to have to defend ourselves against you? — James Baldwin

As if the imminent could not wait to become the past, or the present lunged at the future, eager for what would be. — Anthony Doerr

Very few are aware of the highest. Then comes that which they know and love, — Lao-Tzu

Because of a great love, one is courageous. — Lao-Tzu

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Lao-Tzu

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start
with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best
leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will
say 'We have done this ourselves. — Lao-Tzu

The sage gives more than he takes;
how can he do this?
because he has the richness of Tao — Lao-Tzu

Love
Embracing Tao, you become embraced.
Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn.
Clearing your vision, you become clear.
Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial.
Opening your heart, you become accepted.
Accepting the World, you embrace Tao.
Bearing and nurturing,
Creating but not owning,
Giving without demanding,
Controlling without authority,
This is love. — Lao-Tzu

Thus it is said:
The path into the light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak,
true purity seems tarnished,
true steadfastness seems changeable,
true clarity seems obscure,
the greatest are seems unsophisticated,
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish.
The Tao is nowhere to be found.
Yet it nourishes and completes all things. — Lao-Tzu

Moved by deep love, a man is courageous.
And with frugality, a man becomes generous,
And he who does not desire to be ahead of the
world becomes the leader of the world. — Lao-Tzu

Listen to your heart.
Dare to pursue your most cherish goals. — Lailah Gifty Akita

For the Christian tradition, the heart's true home is a life rooted in the love of God. Like Lao-tzu and Dorothy both, Christian wisdom about stability points us toward the true peace that is possible when our spirits are stilled and our feet are planted in a place we know to be holy ground. — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love. — Lao-Tzu

Thus it is said:
The path into light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak ...
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish. — Lao-Tzu

Love is a decision - not an emotion! — Lao-Tzu

14. Sensuality Sensuality — Recovering Couples Anonymous

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. — Lao-Tzu

Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right. — Mardy Grothe

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants. — Lao-Tzu

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. — Lao-Tzu

In Haida's brain there must have been a kind of high-speed circuit built to match the pace of his thoughts, requiring him to occasionally engage his gears, to let his mind race for fixed periods of time. If he didn't - if he kept on running in low gear to keep pace with Tsukuru's reduced speed - Haida's mental infrastructure would overheat and start to malfunction. Or at least, Tsukuru got that impression. — Haruki Murakami