老子的名言英语（老子名言中英文对照）

老子《道德经》经典语录

道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。

The divine law may be spoken of, but it is not the common law. Things may be named, but names are not the things.

天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。

Heaven and earth are ruthless, they treat everything as straw or dog. The sage is ruthless, he treats everyone as straw or dog.

上善若水，水善利万物而不争。

The highest good is like water Water benefits everything by giving without takingor contending.

金玉满堂，莫之能守。A houseful of gold and jade cannot be safeguarded.

信言不美，美言不信。Sincere words are not fine；fine words are not sincere.

人之生也柔弱，其死也坚强。Man at his birth is supple and weak；at his death，firm and strong.

天网恢恢，疏而不失。The meshes of the net of Heaven are large；farapart，but letting nothing escape.

治大国，若烹小鲜。Governing a great state is like cooking small fish.

你祸兮福之所倚，福兮祸之所伏。Good fortune follows upon disaster; disaster lurks within good fortune.

天下莫柔弱于水，而攻坚强者莫之能胜，以其无以易之。

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

天下难事，必作于易；天下大事，必作于细。

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.

胜人者有力，自胜者强。

Mastering others is strength；mastering yourself is true power.

勇于敢则杀，勇于不敢则活

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao Tzu

道恒无为，而无不为。

When I let go who I am, I become who I might be”

以其终不自为大,故能成其大

知足者富。

“He who is contented is rich.”

知人者慧，自知者明

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

"故知足不辱，知止不殆，可以长久。"

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

老子是中国古代著名的哲学家和思想家，其代表作《道德经》中包含许多深刻的哲理和智慧。其中一些语录被翻译成英文，例如：“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”

这句话表达了了解自己的重要性。

还有“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

这句话强调了自然的恬静和大自然的奇妙。老子的思想深邃而又简洁，这些语录不仅在中国受到尊重，也在世界范围内被广泛传播和研究。