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- To have little is to possess.
To have plenty is to be perplexed. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- To be worn out is to be renewed.
- Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- He who knows others is wise;
He who know himself is enlightened. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- When the highest type of men hear Tao,
They diligently practice it. When the average type of men hear Tao, They half believe in it. When the lowest type of men hear Tao, They laugh heartily at it. Without the laugh, there is no Tao. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- 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
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