3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength.
3 December 2020 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.’
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu To know yet to think that one does not know is best Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu 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.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu 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.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
3 December 2020 Lao-Tzu 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.
