Lao Tzu

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

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

"To know that you do not know is the best.To think you know when you do not is a disease.Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

"The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms."

"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."

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

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

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

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

"In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go."

"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."

"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."

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

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."

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

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

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

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

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