Knowing others is Wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment
– Lao Tzu
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- Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive. – Sun Tzu
- If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to follow them. – Lao Tzu
- Revere the unity of all-that-iscarry out your daily activities with compassion;if you do not limit your compassion,you yourself will not be limited. – Lao Tzu
- Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to. – Lao Tzu
- The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite. – Lao Tzu
- Thirty spokesShare one hub.Make the nothing therein appropriate, and you will have the use of the cart. – Lao Tzu
- So the unwanting soulsees what’s hidden,and the ever-wanting soulsees only what it wants. – Lao Tzu
- The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people. – Lao Tzu
- To lead people, you must follow behind. – Lao Tzu
- Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. – Lao Tzu
- Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses. – Lao Tzu
- Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question. – Lao Tzu
- If you don’t stand sincere by your wordshow sincere can the people be?Take great care over words, treasure them.1.17 – Lao Tzu
- The Way to do is to be. – Lao Tzu
- When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself – Lao Tzu
- If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you. – Lao Tzu
- One gains by losing and loses by gaining. – Lao Tzu
- Heaven’s Tao is impartial,yet those who follow its compassionate waywill always be nourished – Lao Tzu
- Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. – Lao Tzu
- With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindness – Lao Tzu
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu
- Highly evolved people have their own conscience as pure law. – Lao Tzu
- Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. – Lao Tzu
- The best fighter is never angry. – Lao Tzu
- Stop thinking, and end your problems. – Lao Tzu
- Silence is a source of Great Strength. – Lao Tzu
- The more laws and restrictions there are,The poorer people become….The more rules and regulations,The more thieves and robbers. – Lao Tzu
- To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day. – Lao Tzu
- Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle. – Lao Tzu
- Love is a decision – not an emotion! – Lao Tzu
- The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small. – Lao Tzu
- Be content with what you have;rejoice in the way things are.When you realize there is nothing lacking,the whole world belongs to you. – Lao Tzu
- Material and infinite are inseparableAppreciating their interconnectednessis the gateway to understanding – Lao Tzu
- Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- The path of Tao is not that of sudden enlightenment. It is not like Zen. Zen is sudden enlightenment, Tao is gradual growth. – Osho
- …he didn’t know if he was Chuang Tzu who dreamed he was a ????erfly, or a ????erfly dreaming he was Chuang Tzu. – Inio Asano
- I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing that they weren’t the same thing. – Maggie Stiefvater