To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

~ Lao Tzu

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

~ Lao Tzu

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

~ Lao Tzu

Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

~ Lao Tzu

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

~ Lao Tzu

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

~ Lao Tzu

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

~ Lao Tzu

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

~ Lao Tzu

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

~ Lao Tzu

Silence is a source of great strength.

~ Lao Tzu