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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.  
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is d...  
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a ...  
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and grea...  
Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers t...  
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.  
Be the chief but never the lord.  
Because of a great love, one is courageous.  
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deepl...   Love
Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.  
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let i...  
Clay is molded to form a cup, But it is on its non-being that the util...  
Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.  
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your kni...  
From of old the things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by u...  
From wonder into wonder existence opens.  
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish an...  
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it...  
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handl...  
Great acts are made up of small deeds.  
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe...  
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.  
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.  
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.  
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.  
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasur...  
If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When clevernes...  
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.  
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try t...  
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple...  
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet...  
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than t...  
It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Fo...  
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates pro...  
Know they thyself, presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankin...  
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Maste...  
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.  
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sid...  
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them...  
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few d...  
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.  
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.  
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.  
Nature is not human hearted.  
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming to...  
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to...  
Silence is a source of great strength.  
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postu...  
The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in t...  
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the ...  
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.  
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciou...  
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbe...  
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too muc...  
The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until ...  
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefit...  
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the wor...  
The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred ...  
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he ...  
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to o...  
The words of truth are always paradoxical.  
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have...  
To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet t...  
To lead people walk behind them.  
To lead people, walk beside them... As for the best leaders, the peopl...  
To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deep...  
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that...  
To see things in the seed, that is genius.  
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.  
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are n...  
When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.  
When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselv...  
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost rig...  
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compet...