Lao Tzu

"Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her."

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

"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."

"The Way to do is to be."

"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use."

"Let go of rousing speechand identification with thoughtsUntil your endyou will never be jaded."

"One gains by losing and loses by gaining."

"Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing."