Quote of the day by Lao Tzu: 'Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful' and a philosophy that can't be lied to

Quote of the day by Lao Tzu Lao Tzu, or Laozi, was a Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism and authored the Tao Te Ching, a classic Taoist text. He wrote the book when he got disillusioned with his job at the court of the central Chinese Zhou Dynasty, where he used to work as a record keeper. Owing to the rising corruption, he left the job and travelled to the far reaches of China and came up with his pearls of wisdom.Historically, Lao Tzu was a semi-legendary figure believed to have lived around the 6th century BCE, making him an older contemporary of Confucius. However, historians debate whether he was a single real person, a composite of several sages, or a legendary figure created to ground Taoist ideas. Legend says Confucius once met Lao Tzu to ask about rituals and left comparing him to a dragon—mysterious, unfathomable, and soaring beyond human reach.Lao Tzu's classic statement from Chapter 81 of the Tao Te Ching states the one thing that sets apart truth from lies. 'Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful'Core philosophy of TaoismCentral to Taoism is the concept of the Tao which is the raw, unvarnished, ultimate nature of the universe. The Tao op...