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Lao Tzu Quotes from Tao Te Ching

If the people are simple and free from desire, then the clever ones never dare to interfere.
The Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
Knowing others is to be clever.
Knowing yourself is to be enlightened.
Overcoming others requires force.
Overcoming yourself requires strength.
The ten thousand things flourish and then
each returns to the root from which it came.
Returning to the root is stillness.
Through stillness each fulfils its destiny.
Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much.
Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished.
Do not brag, and you will have merit.
Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.
Though the Uncarved Block is small,
it is not inferior to anything under heaven.
Greatness has its source in the little.
The low is the foundation of the high.
A person of high virtue is not conscious of virtue and therefore possesses Virtue.
A person of little virtue tries to be virtuous and therefore lacks Virtue.
Few things under heaven bring more benefit than
the lessons learned from silence and
the actions taken without striving.
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is added.
In the pursuit of the Tao, every day something is dropped.
Trying to fill life to the brim invites a curse.
For the mind to make demands upon the breath of life brings strain.