Quotes from Ancient Times
Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC)
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
He who knows others is wise; he who know himself is enlightened.
He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is not greater disaster than greed.
To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
Memorable Quotes
To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed.
To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
When armies are mobilized and issues are joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win.
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
The further one goes, the less one knows.
When there is no desire, all things are at peace.
Insightful Quotes cards
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do 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.
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.