Lao Tzu

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."

"Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here."

"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip."

"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."

"Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity."

"He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

"A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding."

"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use."

"So the unwanting soulsees what's hidden,and the ever-wanting soulsees only what it wants."

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

"As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it."

"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use."

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

"If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees."

"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."

"If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees."

"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use."