"Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth}..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way.”

“The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.”

“Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.”

“Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“The more you read, the more things you will know.”

“I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.”

“What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world which we shall call true philosophy.”

“In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort because important people, vocal people, or great numbers of people agree with us. Nor do we derive comfort if they don't.”

“Whoever can discern truth has received his commission from a higher source than the chiefest justice in the world who can discernonly law. He finds himself constituted judge of the judge. Strange that it should be necessary to state such simple truths!”