Thursday, May 7, 2026

Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE)

“It is because the sage never attempts to be great
that he succeeds in becoming great.”

  • From Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching (Book Two, LXIII), translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 1963).

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