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.
Lao Tzu

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.
Lao Tzu

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.
Lao Tzu

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao Tzu

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Lao Tzu

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
Lao Tzu

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.
Lao Tzu

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
Lao Tzu

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

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Lao Tzu

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Lao Tzu

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu

Nature is not human hearted.
Lao Tzu

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

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
Lao Tzu

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

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
Lao Tzu

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.
Lao Tzu

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
Lao Tzu