Lao Tzu

“When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. When his work is done, the people say, 'Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!'”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 17 (trans. Stephen Mitchell)

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 33 (trans. Stephen Mitchell)

“Deal with the difficult while it is still easy; deal with the big while it is still small.”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 63 (trans. Stephen Mitchell)

“A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet.”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 64 (trans. Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English)

“The stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 76 (trans. Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English)

“The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao.”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 8 (trans. Stephen Mitchell)