The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete; it dwells in places others disdain, and so is close to the Tao.

Nothing in the world is softer than water, yet nothing surpasses it in overcoming the hard and strong.

In the pursuit of learning, one gains daily. In the pursuit of the Tao, one loses daily -- losing and losing until one arrives at wu wei. Through non-action, nothing is left undone.

The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

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

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

-- William James

Think on the shop floor; act on the shop floor.

-- Sakichi Toyoda

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

-- Marcus Aurelius

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

-- Richard Branson

It is hard to retain what you learn unless you practice it.

-- Seneca

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.

-- Anita Roddick