Lao Tzu Quotes

Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

The key is your thoughts and feelings, and you have been holding the key in your hand all of your life.

I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

I'm a victim of my own insides. There was a time when I wanted to know everything. It used to make me very unhappy, all that feeling. I just didn't know what to do with it. But now I've learned to make that feeling work for me.

The most important thing about a person is that you know who you are and what you want. You should be capable of introspection and evaluate yourself.

What gives you strength at any circumstance is your understanding of yourself.

All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

The only real person you need to know is you.

You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

This is the key to life: the ability to reflect, the ability to know yourself, the ability to pause for a second before reacting automatically. If you can truly know yourself, you will begin the journey of transformation.

I understood, by dint of digging into my memories, that modesty helped me to shine, humility helped me to triumph and virtue to oppress.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.