"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."

"When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder."

"Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained."

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

"Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good."

"The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours."

"In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it."

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."

"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."

"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want."

"Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."

"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."

"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."

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

"The words of truth are always paradoxical."

"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."

"People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure."

"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."

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

"To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty."

"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

"The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes."

"Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven."

"One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others."

"To lead people walk behind them."

"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence."

"From caring comes courage."

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

"If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants."

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

"When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish."

"To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect."

"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."

"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning."

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world."

"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."

"Because of a great love, one is courageous."

"The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own."

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

"The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete."

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."

"I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any."

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

"Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens."

"From wonder into wonder existence opens."

"Silence is a source of great strength."

"It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins."