"I do not interfere, and people become..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.”

“Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, "We have done it all ourselves."”

“Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.”

“He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.”

“Virtue runs before the muse,and defies her skill;she is rapt and doth refuseto wait a painter's will.”

“He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.”

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.”