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- He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of…
- What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like…
- Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles…
- Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great…
- Great indeed is the sublimity of the creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
- 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…
- Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.
- Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
- Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if…
- Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.
- When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.
- 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…
- If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one…
- Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have…
- The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is…
- Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do…
- The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.
- The great image lacks shape.
- I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.
- The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands…
- It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler.…
- The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like…
- I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.
- Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.
- If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
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