About Laozi
Laozi (variously spelled; , low-TSUH; Chinese: 老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ) is the name traditionally given to an ancient Chinese philosopher, also identified as Li Er or Lao Dan, who is regarded as the author or originating teacher associated with the Tao Te Ching (Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng), one of the foundational...
More quotations from Laozi
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
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His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.