Knowledge Quotes by Laozi

To rule by knowledge ravages the country.

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True words seem false.

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To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

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Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.

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Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.

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To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

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When wisdom and knowledge appear, great pretense arises.

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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

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Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it.…

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In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come…

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Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.

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Much knowledge will corrupt the heart,/When partly understood,/And so the people grow too smart,/But neither wise nor good.

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Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.

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Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.

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Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.

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Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

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Those who are highly evolved, maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness. Thus…

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To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, This is a noble insight. To regard our ignorance as knowledge, This is mental sickness.…

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Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge.…

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To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded.…

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The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and…

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Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this…

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. . . integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light…

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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.

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The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.

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He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.

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Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.

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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.

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That so few understand me is why I am treasured.

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Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know.

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Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.

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True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.

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The real key to health and happiness and success is self knowledge

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Knowledge studies others, wisdom is self known.

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People are difficult to rule, because of their knowledge.

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To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day

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Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.

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