Lao Tzu

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."

"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."

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

"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 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."