LAO TZU

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

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

"Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."

"Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being."

"Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are."

"Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world."

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

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes."

"Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."

"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth."

"Time is a created thing. To say I don't have time, is like saying, I don't want to."

"The best fighter is never angry."

"One accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her."

"If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

"A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live."

"Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner."

"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?"

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

"The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long."

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

"Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires."

"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."

"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."

"Act without expectation."

"Avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."

"To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day."

"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."

"To know that you do not know is the best."

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

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

"The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know."

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

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

"By letting go it all gets done."

"Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing."

"Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself."

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

"Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry."

"All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power."

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