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Lao Tzu Quotations from Tao Te Ching

Many words lead to exhaustion.
Better to hold fast to your centre.
The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
That which goes against the Tao will quickly pass away.
Those who delight in the slaughter of people will
never thrive among all that dwell under heaven.
Those who look only at themselves see little.
Those who justify themselves are not distinguished.
Those who brag have no merit.
The work of prideful people will not endure.
Help the people live!
Nourish the people!
Help them live yet lay no claim to them.
Benefit them yet seek no gratitude.
Guide them yet do not control them.
This is called the hidden Virtue.
Fish are best left in deep waters.
And, weapons are best kept out of sight.
Returning is the direction of the Tao.
Yielding is the way of the Tao.
The ten thousand things are born of Being and Being is born of Nonbeing.
The Tao is hidden and nameless;
yet, it is the Tao alone that supports all things
and brings them to completion.
The True Person does not have an individual heart
but uses the heart of the people.
Giving life without claiming authority,
benefiting without demanding gratitude,
guiding without control.
This is called hidden Virtue.