“If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.”
― Lao Tzu
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“If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.”
― Lao Tzu
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“If you understand others you are smart.
If you understand yourself you are illuminated.
If you overcome others you are powerful.
If you overcome yourself you have strength.
If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.
If you can act with vigor, you have a will.
If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.
If you die without loss, you are eternal.”
― Lao Tzu
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“To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.”
― Lao Tzu
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“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something.”
― Lao Tzu
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“Rather than act like the lord of the manor,
I would rather behave like a guest.
Rather than advance an inch,
I would rather retreat a foot.”
― Lao Tzu
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“If we could renounce our benevolence and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and kindly.”
― Lao Tzu
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“He who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged;”
― Lao Tzu
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“He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.”
― Lao Tzu
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“If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.”
― Lao Tzu
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“What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out.”
― Lao Tzu
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“A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day.”
― Lao Tzu
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