Laozi

If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.

Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.

The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is the eternally real. Naming is the origin of all particular things. Free from desire, you realize the mystery. Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations. Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source. This source is called darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme.

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

The hard and stiff will be broken. _x000D_ The soft and supple will prevail.

All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).

The greatest revelation is stillness.

Confidence is the greatest friend.

Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

Nature doesn't make long speeches.

I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.

Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.

. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this, her very existence benefits all things.

Great, it passes on (in constant flow).

Its name-what passes not away.

If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.