Beckwith, 1831-1890) in a newspaper from 1885:īoth before and after that occurrence, versions with more or less different wordings have been published. A very similar wording was accredited to Bishop Beckwaith (probably a misspelling of John W. Garson O'Toole has thoroughly tracked down the history of this quote on his website Quote Investigator. Among the others are Mahatma Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Charles Reade, and the Buddha. But Lao Tzu is far from the only one to whom the quote has been accredited. The quote examined here is definitely not from Tao Te Ching, not even from any distorted version of it that I have come across. Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, When righteousness is lost there are rituals. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. One such instance is in chapter 38 (my version): None with the same or similar content, though. There are examples of the type of chain of consequences described in this quote, also in Tao Te Ching. Click the image to see the book at Amazon (paid link). Then problems would be solved by themselves, because that is how nature works.ĩ0 of the most spread false Lao Tzu quotes, why they are false and where they are really from. To Lao Tzu, everything would be possible to correct, usually by avoiding action. It's not about how people are, but what they do or don't do.Īnd destiny is a far too deterministic expression of the simple fact that actions have consequences. It's not a question of personality, but again of ignorance versus wisdom. Character is also something distant from Lao Tzu's view that people are really the same, they just act differently. According to him, people do what they do mainly out of ignorance.
Lao Tzu certainly described human behavior that could be categorized as habits, but he would not explain them that way. This long quote, often accredited to Lao Tzu, has a simplistic and repetitious style that is similar to his writing, and at least the first two lines would fit within Tao Te Ching - but the concepts of habits, character, and destiny much less so. The great Taoist philosophy classic by Lao Tzu translated, and each of the 81 chapters extensively commented. Tao Te Ching The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny." Watch your habits, they become your character Watch your actions, they become your habits Watch your words, they become your actions "Watch your thoughts, they become your words Fake Lao Tzu Quote "Watch your thoughts."
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