Quotes from LaoTzu

As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.

The way to do is to be.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honour and praise. The next, the people fear, and the next the people hate. When the best leader's work is done, the people say, 'we did it ourselves!'

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

It is wealth to be content.

Having given all he had, He then is very rich indeed.