Lao Tzu

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

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

"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."

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

"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness."

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

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

"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."