88 Quotations by Lao-tzu
- 41. Know thyself, presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankind is man.

- 42. Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, maste ...

- 43. Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

- 44. Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them -- that only creates sorrow. ...

- 45. Manifest plainness,
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- 46. Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

- 47. Nature is not human hearted.

- 48. Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the ...

- 49. Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the nex ...

- 50. People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

- 51. People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as ca ...

- 52. Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

- 53. Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

- 54. Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakn ...

- 55. That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of it's future yet to be achieved.

- 56. The best [man] is like water.
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- 57. The good man is the teacher of the bad,
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- 58. The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet.

- 59. The more laws and order are made prominent,
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- 60. The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

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