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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. (Laozi)
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. View quote
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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. View quote
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Because of a great love, one is courageous. View quote
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. View quote
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest. View quote
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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. View quote
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. View quote
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The words of truth are always paradoxical. View quote
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The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. View quote
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Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. (Laozi)
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. View quote
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When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil. View quote
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. View quote
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From caring comes courage. View quote
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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. View quote
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. View quote
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The further one goes, the less one knows. View quote
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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. View quote
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Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself. View quote
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much. (Laozi)
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. View quote
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. View quote
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Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. View quote
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To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is disease. View quote
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