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"People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu, More quotation on Knowledge. |
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"Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness."
- Lao-tzu, More quotation on Happiness. |
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"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu. |
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"He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu. |
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"He who knows others is wise;
He who know himself is enlightened."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu. |
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"He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu. |
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"I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:
The first is deep love,
The second is frugality,
And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.
Because of deep love, one is courageous.
Because of frugality, one is generous.
Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu. |
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"Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu, More quotation on Simplicity. |
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"The best [man] is like water.
Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.
It dwells in [lowly] places that all disdain.
This is why it is so near to Tao."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu. |
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"The more laws and order are made prominent,
The more thieves and robbers there will be."
- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu, More quotation on Laws. |