"The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance...." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.”

“Because he (the Sage) demands no honor, he will never be dishonored.”

“Excess weakens the spirits.”

“I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.”

“Great men should drink with harness on their throats.”

“Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool.”

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure.”

“It is good even to be a fisherman in summer and in winter.”