Lao Tzu

(4th century B.C.)

• "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."

• "The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

• "He who obtains has little; he who scatters has much."

• "He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know."

• "A journey of a thousand [miles] starts with the first step"