Quote by Lao Tzu Download Open image ““In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers).”” — Lao Tzu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Do not take the yardstick of your ignorance to measure what the ancients knew, and call everything which you do not know lies. Do… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
“The only thing I knew was that I didn't know anything, really, about the king of the Attolians, and I didn't trust him.” — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“The ancients were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive. The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable. Because it is unfathomable, All we can do is describe… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“A king had best know the names of his enemies, don’t you think?” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The error of those who reason by precedents drawn from antiquity, respecting the rights of man, is that they do not go far enough… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people. — Zhuge Liang Copy Share Image
“The ancient Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that… — Socrates Copy Share Image
A lot of people will always say, 'I really know nothing about the ancient world.' But there's lots and lots of things people know.… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past; if you are anxious, you are living in the present; if you are at… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
