Lao Tzu

“He who is content is rich.”

“He who acts with vigor has will. He who keeps his place endures.”

“He who dies but is not lost has eternity.”

“Use the light that is in you to revert to your natural clearness of sight.”

“He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.”

“Govern the kingdom with correctness. Use no cleverness in employing the people.”

“The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves there are.”

“I act not, and the people of themselves become reformed.”

“I love quietude, and the people of themselves become correct.”

“I have no concerns, and the people of themselves become rich.”

“Misery! Happiness is to be found by its side! Happiness! Misery lurks beneath it!”

“I have three treasures which I cherish and hold fast: the first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility.”

“By being gentle, I can be bold. By being frugal, I can be liberal. By not daring to be first, I can lead.”

“Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water; yet for attacking the hard and strong, nothing surpasses it.”

“The weak overcomes the strong; the soft overcomes the hard.”

“Everyone in the world knows this, but no one is able to practice it.”

“True words are not eloquent; eloquent words are not true.”

“The good do not argue; those who argue are not good.”

“What we resist persists; what we befriend transforms.”