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Highest Quotes by Laozi
- The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife.…
- 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…
- When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in…
- Great talents ripen late; the highest notes are hard to hear.
- Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion,…
- The highest tone is hard to hear.
- The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.
- The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.
- The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.
- The highest benevolence acts without purpose.
- He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest…
- A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful…
- With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel…
- Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be,…
- The highest truth cannot be put into words.
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- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton
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- Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be… — Allan Bloom
- Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see… — Louisa May Alcott
- I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me… — Aretha Franklin
- Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends… — John J. McCloy