When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

By letting go it all gets done.

Two names emerge from a single origin and both are called mysterious.

When nothing is done,
nothing is left undone.

Any good person who is motivated to attain awareness of the whole truth should follow the Universal Way to calm his mind and harmonize it with all aspects of life.

The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

The way to do is to be.

Allow the heart to empty itself of all turmoil! Retrieve the utter tranquility of the mind from which you issued.
Although all forms are dynamic,and we all grow and transform,each of us is compelled to return to our root. Our root is quietude.

He who defines himself can't know who he really is.
He who has power over others can't empower himself.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win.

As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by.

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.

Stillness and tranquility set things in order in the universe.

Time is a created thing. To say I don't have time, is like saying, I don't want to.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

The world belongs to those who let go.

Some say that my teaching is nonsense.
Other call it lofty but impractical.
But to those who have looked inside themselves,
this nonsense makes perfect sense.
And to those who put it into practice,
this loftiness has roots that go deep.

A great nation is like a great man:
When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.
Having realized it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point out his faults
as his most benevolent teachers.
He thinks of his enemy
as the shadow that he himself casts.