Lao Tzu

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

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

“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.”

“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.”

“Treat the small as if it were big and few as if it were many.”

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

“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.”

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

“The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.”

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.”

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.”

“Act without expectation.”

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

“Whoever wishes to take the kingdom and contrive anything in regard to it, I see he will not succeed.”

“He who knows that he does not know is the best.”

“If we are unaware of our own ignorance, that is the disease.”

“There is no greater calamity than not knowing what is enough. There is no greater fault than the desire to acquire.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”