Life

大直若屈，大巧若拙，大辯若訥。 - 老子, 道德經 The moat straightness seems crooked. The greatest skill seems clumsy, and the outstanding eloquence seems inar...

善行無轍迹，善言無瑕讁；善數不用籌策；善閉無關楗而不可開，善結無繩約而不可解。 - 老子, 道德經 The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps; the skilful speaker...

是以聖人欲上民，必以言下之；欲先民，必以身後之。 - 老子, 道德經 So it is that the sage, wishing to be above men, puts himself by his words below them, and, wishing t...

希言自然，故飄風不終朝，驟雨不終日。 - 老子, 道德經 Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last...

聖人處無為之事，行不言之教。 - 老子, 道德經 The sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech. - La...

谷神不死，是謂玄牝。 - 老子, 道德經 The valley spirit dies not, aye the same; The female mystery thus do we name. - Laozi (老子), Dao De Jing (道德經) ...