Friday, February 27, 2026

Lao Tzu

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

“To use words but rarely
Is to be natural.”

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

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