{"author":"Lao Tzu","author_id":"Lao+Tzu","total_quotes":156,"quotes":[{"text":"Let go of rousing speechand identification with thoughtsUntil your endyou will never be jaded.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["lao-tzu","peace-of-mind","tao"],"id":4408,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"He who is in harmony with the Taois like a newborn child.Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak,but its grip is powerful.It doesn't know about the unionof male and female,yet its penis can stand erect,so intense is its vital power.It can scream its head off all day,yet it never becomes hoarse,so complete is its harmony.The Master's power is like this.He lets all things come and goeffortlessly, without desire.He never expects results;thus he is never disappointed.He is never disappointed;thus his spirit never grows old.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["balance","philosophy","tao","tao-te-ching","taoism"],"id":5425,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"Any good person who is motivated to attain awareness of the whole truth should follow the Universal Way to calm his mind and harmonize it with all aspects of life.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["harmony","personal-development","spiritual-development","truth","univeral-way"],"id":5770,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["philosophy"],"id":8655,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["inspirational","love","philosophy","poetry"],"id":9811,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"The Way to do is to be.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["meditation","self-awareness","self-discovery"],"id":9957,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["attributed-no-source","music"],"id":10618,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["acceptance","contentment","perception","self-acceptance","self-assurance","self-confidence"],"id":11659,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["travel","plans","intent "],"id":11871,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"},{"text":"Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["philosophy","taoism"],"id":18239,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":156,"pages":16,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}