"Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat...." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.”

“He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.”

“People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.”

“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”

“To be evenmindedis the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

“The unnatural, that too is natural.”

“And the glory of character is in affronting the horrors of depravity to draw thence new nobilities of power: as Art lives and thrills in new use and combining of contrasts, and mining into the dark evermore for blacker pits of night.”

“The life of this world is nothing but the harmony of opposites”