Laozi 老子

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it".

The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

Podróż na tysiąc mil zaczyna się od jednego kroku.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The wicked leader is he whom the people despise. The good leader is he whom the people revere. The great leader is he whom the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

A fool will learn nothing from a wise man, but a wise man will learn much from a fool.

Begin difficult things when they are easy. Do great things when they are small. The difficult things of the world must once have been easy. The great things must once have been small. A thousand mile journey begins with one step.

A leader is best When people hardly know he exists, Not as good when people obey and acclaim him, Worst when they despise him.

The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Go to the people, work with them, learn from them, respect them, start with what they know, build with what they have. And for a great leader, when his aims are accomplished and his purposes fulfilled, the people will say, 'We have done this ourselves'.

Miecz nieustannie ostrzony szybko traci ostrze.

Kto innych pokona, ten siłę posiadł. Kto zaś sam pokonać się zdoła, ten jest naprawdę potężny.

[...] Pragniesz kogoś poniżyć, wywyższaj go najpierw. Chcesz kogoś osłabić. Wpierw go wzmocnij. [...]

Im dalej idziesz, tym mniej wiesz.

Dla dobrych być dobrym i dobrym być dla niedobrych - oto najwyższa dobroć.

Kto wie, nie mówi, kto zaś mówi, ten nie wie.

Kto jest równie przezorny na końcu co na początku dzieła, ten klęski nie dozna.

Nie ma większego niebezpieczeństwa nad lekceważenie wroga.

Zmącona woda staje się czystą, gdy stoi w spokoju

Podróż na tysiąc mil zaczyna się od pierwszego kroku.

Dla zdobycia wiedzy - codziennie coś dodawaj, dla zdobycia mądrości - codziennie coś odrzucaj.

Mądry nie gromadzi, żyje dla innych i tym się bogaci.

O dobrym wodzu: gdy wykona zadanie i osiągnie cel, jago ludzie powiedzą: zrobiliśmy to sami.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Muddy water, let stand becomes clear.

Acting without design,occupying oneself without making a business of it,finding the great in what is small and the many in the few,repaying injury with kindness,effecting difficult things while they are easy and managing great things in their beginnings:this is the method of Tao

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back.

When you are content to be simply yourself and dont compare or compete,everybody will respect you"

Znać innych to inteligencja, znać siebie -- prawdziwa mądrość. Powodzić innymi to siła, powodzić samym sobą -- prawdziwa siła.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.

The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. ... Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not.

He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise.

Nature is not human-hearted.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it".

Silnym jest ten kto zwycięa innych. Wielkim ten kto przezwycięa samego siebie.

O najlepszych władcach ludzie wiedzą tylko tyle, że oni istnieją; tych trochę gorszych kochają i wychwalają; tych jeszcze gorszych się boją; a tych najgorszych przezywają.

of the best rulers people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise; the next they fear; and the next they revile

Ten cytat ma więcej niż dwa języki

Bez wychodzenia z domu znam cały wszechświat.

Without leaving the house I know the whole universe.

不出戶，知天下；不窺牖，見天道。

Dbaj o to, co myślą inni ludzie, a na zawsze będziesz ich więźniem.

Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.