Lao Tzu

The sage never tries to store things up.
The more he does for others, the more he has.
The more he gives to others, the greater his abundance.

Too much success is not an advantage.
Do not tinkle like jade
Or clatter like stone chimes.

My words are easy to understand and easy to perform,
Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.

When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.

A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed.
A brave and calm man will always preserve life.
Of these two which is good and which is harmful?

Attending fully and becoming supple,
Can you be as a newborn babe?

Giving birth and nourishing,
Bearing yet not possessing,
Working yet not taking credit,
Leading yet not dominating,
This is the Primal Virtue.

A foolish man is always doing,
Yet much remains to be done.

The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface.

Carrying body and soul and embracing the one,
Can you avoid separation?