To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
Lao Tzu Quotations
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To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed.
He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened.
The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be.
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.
Stop thinking, and end your problems.
Know the masculine, keep to the feminine.
He who tip-toes cannot stand he who strides cannot walk.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.
All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.
He who conquers others is strong He who conquers himself is mighty.
The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.
Heaven endures and the earth last a long time because they do not live for themselves.
Knowing others is intelligence knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.
He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.
To be worn out is to be renewed.
When armies are mobilized and issues are joined, The man who is sorry over the fact will win.
The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back.