Laozi

"Inspiration is the universe whispering to your soul."

"Family is the first school of the human heart."

"The Master understands that all things are fleeting."

"To create is to participate in the divine."

"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with oneself."

"The Master knows that success and failure are illusions."

"Peace comes not from avoiding conflict but from understanding it."

"Hope is the seed from which all action grows."

"The Master's greatest victory is inner stillness."

"To know truth, one must become the question itself."

"The master observes the world but trusts his inner vision."

"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

"The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness."

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

"The greatest strength is gentleness."

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go."

"When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and evil appear."

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

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

"Those who flow as life flows know they need nothing."

"The rigid tree breaks in the storm; the flexible one bends and survives."

"In the pursuit of the Tao, every day something is dropped."

"The softest thing in the world overcomes the hardest."

"When nothing is forced, the Tao is always with you."

"To understand others is to have knowledge; to understand yourself is true wisdom."

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

"Stop thinking, and end your problems."

"The Master doesn't give himself away. Just when you think you have him figured out, he changes again."

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

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