To know others is wisdom; to know oneself is enlightenment. To conquer others is strength; to conquer oneself is true power.

-- Laozi

Knowing that it cannot be helped and accepting it as destiny is the pinnacle of virtue.

-- Zhuangzi

"The great square has no corners; The great vessel is never completed; The great sound is scarcely audible; The great form is without shape."

-- Laozi

"When the spring dries up, fish are stranded together on land. They breathe moisture into each other and dampen each other with foam—it would be better for them to forget each other in the rivers and lakes."

-- Zhuangzi

"A frog in a well cannot be discoursed with about the sea—it is confined by the limits of its space. A summer insect cannot be discoursed with about ice—it is bound by the constraints of its time."

-- Zhuangzi

"The path may be near, yet if not traversed, it will not be reached; the task may be small, yet if not acted upon, it will not be accomplished."

-- Xunzi

The waters of rivers and seas do not come from a single source; a robe worth a thousand pieces of gold is not made from the white fur of a single fox.

-- Mozi

"A great tree grows from a tiny sprout; a nine-story tower rises from a pile of earth; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

-- Laozi

"In the operations of war, the five elements (water, fire, wood, metal, earth) are not always predominant; the four seasons do not occupy fixed positions; days vary in length, and the moon waxes and wanes."

-- Sun Tzu

The noble person seeks within; the petty person seeks in others.

-- Confucius