Lao Tzu
Quotations
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“When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’” -Lao Tzu
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“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.” -Lao Tzu
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“When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth it is the beginning of disorder.” -Lao Tzu
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“Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength.” -Lao Tzu
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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” -Lao Tzu
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“The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.” -Lao Tzu
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“One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.” -Lao Tzu
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“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” -Lao Tzu
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“It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.” -Lao Tzu
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“How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?” -Lao Tzu
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“If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.” -Lao Tzu
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“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.” -Lao Tzu
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“Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.” -Lao Tzu
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“Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.” -Lao Tzu
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“Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.” -Lao Tzu
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“Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.” -Lao Tzu
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“The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’” -Lao Tzu
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“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” -Lao Tzu
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“People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.” -Lao Tzu
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“Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.” -Lao Tzu
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“Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.” -Lao Tzu
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“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.” -Lao Tzu
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“To know yet to think that one does not know is best Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.” -Lao Tzu
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