Lao Tzu

“In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.”

“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.”

“The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.”

“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.”

“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”

“The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.”

“Stop thinking, and end your problems.”

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

“Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.”

“He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.”

“Attain complete emptiness,Hold fast to stillness.Understanding the ordinary: Mind opens.Mind opening leads to compassion,Compassion to nobility,Nobility to heavenliness,Heavenliness to TAO. TAO endures. Your body dies.There is no danger.”

“If you don’t stand sincere by your wordshow sincere can the people be?Take great care over words, treasure them.1.17”

“(So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited has no superiority allowed to him.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.”

“Thirty spokesShare one hub.Make the nothing therein appropriate, and you will have the use of the cart.”

“The past has no power to stop youfrom being present now.Only your grievance aboutthe past can do that.What is grievance?The baggage of oldthought and emotion.”

“Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law.”

“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”

“He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.”

“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”