Lao Tzu

“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.”

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

“Act without expectation.”

“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.”

“Without going outside, you may know the whole world. Without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven.”

“The further one goes, the less one knows.”

“The pursuit of learning is to increase day by day. The pursuit of the Tao is to decrease day by day.”

“The world is won by those who let it go. When you try and try, the world is then beyond winning.”

“The sage has no fixed mind of his own. He takes the mind of the people as his mind.”

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

“Recompense injury with kindness.”

“The greatest things are accomplished by attention to small details.”

“The sage tackles the difficult while it is easy. He attempts the great while it is small.”

“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.”