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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Written by Lao Tzu
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Written by Lao Tzu
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Written by Lao Tzu
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
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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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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
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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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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
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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.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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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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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.
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Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
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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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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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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.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
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Silence is a source of great strength.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Written by Lao Tzu

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