Avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
LAO TZUAvoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
LAO TZUWe shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
LAO TZUWe join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.
LAO TZUA good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
LAO TZUWhen people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
LAO TZUThere is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.
LAO TZUAct without expectation.
LAO TZUSilence is a source of Great Strength.
LAO TZUIf you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
LAO TZUAccomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.
LAO TZUStop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.
LAO TZUThe reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.
LAO TZUCare about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
LAO TZUThose who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
LAO TZUNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
LAO TZUThe past has no power to stop you from being present now.
LAO TZU