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- The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
Through this I know the advantage of taking no action. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.
There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- The more laws and order are made prominent,
The more thieves and robbers there will be. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
- Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- 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 (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- When armies are mobilized and issues are joined,
The man who is sorry over the fact will win. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.
The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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