"The heavy is the root of the..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“The noble must make humility his root.”

“Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.”

“The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.”

“I have things that are strident and confrontational, and I have a lot of things that are childlike and innocent and sort of sweet. So, somewhere in between lies the middle of me.”

“Incessant company is as bad as solitary confinement.”

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

“He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.”

“When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction.”

“I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”