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He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching,[6] the founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Lao Tzu"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/1647fa/">Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1647fa"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1647fa" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/1647fa/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Goodie-goodies%20are%20the%20thieves%20of%20virtue.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F1647fa%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1953/">Virtue</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5694/">Thieves</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/28406/">Goodie</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/36423e/">The very highest is barely known. Then comes that which people know and love, Then that which is feared, Then that which is despised. Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="36423e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="36423e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/36423e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20very%20highest%20is%20barely%20known.%0D%0AThen%20comes%20that%20which%20people%20know%20and%20love%2C%0D%0AThen%20that%20which%20is%20feared%2C%0D%0AThen%20that%20which%20is%20despised.%0D%0AWho%20does%20not%20trust%20enough%20will%20not%20be%20trusted.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F36423e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/392/">Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3795/">Known</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/164696/">The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="164696"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="164696" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/164696/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20Master%20observes%20the%20world%2C%20but%20trusts%20his%20inner%20vision.%20He%20allows%20things%20to%20come%20and%20go.%20His%20heart%20is%20as%20open%20as%20the%20sky.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F164696%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/285/">Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2622/">Master</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/16474/">Trusts</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/1401a/">Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1401a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1401a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/1401a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Life%20and%20death%20are%20one%20thread%2C%20the%20same%20line%20viewed%20from%20different%20sides.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F1401a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1423/">Different</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/235/">Death</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/05987/">In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="05987"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="05987" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/05987/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20the%20world%20there%20is%20nothing%20more%20submissive%20and%20weak%20than%20water.%20Yet%20for%20attacking%20that%20which%20is%20hard%20and%20strong%20nothing%20can%20surpass%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F05987%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/110/">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/241/">Water</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/264010/">A good runner leaves no footprints.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="264010"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="264010" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/264010/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20good%20runner%20leaves%20no%20footprints.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F264010%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/3763/">Leaves</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/914/">Runner</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/24567/">Footprints</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/164804/">He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="164804"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="164804" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/164804/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=He%20%28the%20Sage%29%20does%20not%20show%20off%2C%20therefore%20he%20shines.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F164804%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1466/">Show</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/18607/">Sage</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6866/">Shines</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/263fff/">If you tell me, I will listen. If you show me, I will see. If you let me experience, I will learn!</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="263fff"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="263fff" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/263fff/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20you%20tell%20me%2C%20I%20will%20listen.%20If%20you%20show%20me%2C%20I%20will%20see.%20If%20you%20let%20me%20experience%2C%20I%20will%20learn%21&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F263fff%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/45/">Experience</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/365/">Learn</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/654/">Listen</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/3a6/">Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3a6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3a6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/3a6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Health%20is%20the%20greatest%20possession.%20Contentment%20is%20the%20greatest%20treasure.%20Confidence%20is%20the%20greatest%20friend.%20Non-being%20is%20the%20greatest%20joy.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F3a6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/325/">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/888/">Friend</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/608/">Joy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/1645e6/">Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. 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The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="053cc"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="053cc" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/053cc/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20wise%20man%20does%20not%20lay%20up%20his%20own%20treasures.%20The%20more%20he%20gives%20to%20others%2C%20the%20more%20he%20has%20for%20his%20own.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F053cc%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/20/">Man</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/46/">Wise</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/328ab/">Kindness in words creates confidence. 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Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="264070"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="264070" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/264070/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Empty%20yourself%20of%20everything.%0D%0ALet%20the%20mind%20become%20still.%0D%0AThe%20ten%20thousand%20things%20rise%20and%20fall%20while%20the%20Self%20watches%20their%20return.%0D%0AThey%20grow%20and%20flourish%20and%20then%20return%20to%20the%20source.%0D%0AReturning%20to%20the%20source%20is%20stillness%2C%20which%20is%20the%20way%20of%20nature.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F264070%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/128/">Mind</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/72/">Nature</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1364/">Source</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/264000/">Ordinary men hate solitude. 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