Lao Tzu

"Knowing when to stop is to avoid peril."

"The Master observes without judgment."

"If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place."

"The Tao is like a well that is used but never emptied."

"The Master arrives without leaving, sees the light without looking."

"What the caterpillar calls the end, the butterfly calls the beginning."

"Life and death, strength and weakness, growth and decay—all arise together."

"The Master's power is like the wind moving through the grass."

"When anger rises, think of the consequences."

"The Master acts but does not expect results."

"Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal."

"The highest good is like water, nourishing all things without trying to."

"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey."

"The Sage seeks not to change the world but to understand it."

"Your body is the temple of your spirit."

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

"The Master has no mind of his own; the minds of the people are his mind."

"Nature is not human-hearted, but the Sage is."

"The soft and the hard: one conquers by yielding."

"To yield is to be preserved whole; to bend is to be straightened."

"Everything flows, everything changes; no thing stays still."

"The Master welcomes all, resists nothing."

"In the universe, there is a natural rhythm to all things."

"The smallest action is better than the grandest intention."

"True knowledge is knowing what you do not know."

"The forest does not compete; yet no forest remains empty."

"To be free from desire is to have what you desire."

"The Master understands that the journey is the destination."

"Without stepping outside, you know the world."

"The name that can be named is not the eternal name."