“When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“The Way of heaven takes away where there's abundance and restores where there's want, but the Way of humankind isn't like that: it takes away where there's want and gives where there's abundance. Verse 77 (Hinton translation)” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past; if you are anxious, you are living in the present; if you are at… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“Simplicity without a name Is free from all external aim. With no desire, at rest and still, All things go right as of their… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
