Kokthansogreta.nu – Tao Quotes

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

From caring comes courage.

Nature is not human hearted.

Nature is not human hearted.

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.

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.'

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

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.

Nature is not human hearted.

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

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

He who knows himself is enlightened.

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

Be the chief but never the lord.

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.'

When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves."

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

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.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

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

From caring comes courage.

The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

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

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

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

He who is contented is rich.

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

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

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.

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

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

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

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

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

He who is contented is rich.

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.

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

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

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

From caring comes courage.

He who is contented is rich.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

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

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

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

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.