Quote of the day by Lao Tzu: 'Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to' and a reality check about priorities

Lao Tzu (also known as Laozi) was an ancient Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism, believed to have lived around the 6th century BCE.

The quote teaches that saying 'I don’t have time' is equivalent to saying 'I don’t want to'—a reflection of personal priorities.

Taoism views time as a mental construct, not a rigid resource, emphasizing nature's example where nothing is rushed yet everything gets done.

The philosophy argues that humans created artificial concepts of time scarcity through clocks and schedules, and that time is shaped by choices.