If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are con... - Lao Tzu

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

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

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

"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."