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Oneself Quotes by Laozi
- Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
- Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
- It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.
- Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.
- Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying…
- Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every force there is…
- There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that…
- Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
- Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself,…
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- The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others. — James A. Baldwin
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- In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does… — Saint Basil
- Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
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- To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing. — Charles Baudelaire
- To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. — Simone de Beauvoir
- An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. — Konrad Adenauer
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