“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough”Lao Tzu
Environmental Quotes Lao Tzu
Biography Lao Tzu
CATEGORY: Environmental Quotes
WHO: Lao Tzu
BORN: 6th century BCE
DEATH: 533 BCE
WHERE: China
NATIONALITY: Chinese
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Lao Tzu was a Chinese philosopher and author of Tao-Te-Ching, the book exemplifies his philosophical thoughts and can be translated “Old Man” or more correctly Old Teacher”.
The Founder or one of the main philosophers of philosophical Taoism pronounced as “Daoism” that advocates living a simple life, historians are not quite sure if he developed alone.
One of the most famous passages from of the book clearly illustrates the route according to ancient history website: “Yield and overcome, Empty and become full, Bend and become straight.” The passage has awakened many studies and schools of anti-authoritarian minds as a way of solving conflicts in a peaceful way. The sentences remind of “The Middle Way” in Buddhism and illustrate order and disorder in nature which a wise man refuses to interfere with the natural flow of things in every way.
In the West, Lao Tzu is most known for his wise quotes upon existential issues
