"If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal."
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Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
15 quotes
Quotes by Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Knowing others is intelligence;knowing yourself is true wisdom.Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."
"He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know."
"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth."
"A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live."
"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."
"Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."
"A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live."