Lao Tzu Quotes (90 quotes)

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„To lead people walk behind them.“
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„I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.“
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„The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.“
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„A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.“
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„How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?“
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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.“
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„All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.“
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„The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.“
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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.“
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„He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.“
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„Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.“
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„He who knows himself is enlightened.“
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„Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.“
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„From wonder into wonder existence opens.“
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„Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.“
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„He who talks more is sooner exhausted.“
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„One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.“
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„An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.“
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„To see things in the seed, that is genius.“
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„Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.“
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