Laozi

In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.

Laozi

In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.

Laozi

In this way though he has his place above them, men do not feel his weight, nor though he has his place before them, do they feel it an injury to them.

Laozi

Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well.

Laozi

It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.

Laozi

It is the child that sees the primordial secret in nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the secret.

Laozi

Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.

Laozi

Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.

Laozi

Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite.

Laozi

Knowing how to yield is strength.

Laozi