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.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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

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 journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

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

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.

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Be the chief but never the lord.

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

Nature is not human hearted.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

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.

From caring comes courage.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

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

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

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.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

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

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

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.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

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.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

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

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

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

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.'

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

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.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.