Quotes on Tao Te Ching Leadership

He who stands on tiptoe _x000D_ _x000D_ doesn't stand firm. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who rushes ahead _x000D_ _x000D_ doesn't go far. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who tries to shine _x000D_ _x000D_ dims his own light. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who defines himself _x000D_ _x000D_ can't know who he really is. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who has power over others _x000D_ _x000D_ can't empower himself. _x000D_ _x000D_ He who clings to his work _x000D_ _x000D_ will create nothing that endures.

For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.

In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.

Yielding, like ice about to melt.

The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

Without going outside, you may know the whole world!

My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.

In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.

I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

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.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.