Lao Tzu

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength…

It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to…

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If…

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest…

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe…

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right…

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates…

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men…

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a…

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves…