Kokthansogreta.nu – Tao Quotes

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.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

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.

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.'

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

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.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Silence is a source of great strength.

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.

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.

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

To lead people walk behind them.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

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.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

Nature is not human hearted.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.