Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu means “Old Master” and is an honorific. He lived in the 6th century BC, at the same time as Confucius, who once sought out Lao Tzu and was told, “Strip yourself of your proud airs and numerous desires, your complacent demeanor and excessive ambitions. They won’t do you any good. This is all I have to say you.”
Las Tzu is the father Taoism, based on his Tao te Ching (Tao: the way of all life, te: the fit use of life by men, ching: text or classic).
Tao (The Way), which is the creator and sustainer of all things in the Universe, and the practice of doing by nondoing (wu-wei) that enables the disciple to unite with the Tao.
1. “The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.”
2. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
3. “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
7. “To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
9. “Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”
10. “At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
4. “To see things in the seed, that is genius.”
5. “When the best leader’s work is done the people say: We did it ourselves.”
6. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”
7. “To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”
8. “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
9. “Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”
10. “At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”
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