To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
—Lao Tzu
To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
—Lao Tzu
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
—Lao Tzu
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
—Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
—Lao Tzu
天下莫柔弱於水。而攻堅強者、莫之能勝。以其無以易之。
There is nothing softer and weaker than water,
And yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.
For this reason there is no substitute for it.
—Lao Tzu
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him.
—Lao Tzu
When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
—Lao Tzu
When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
—Lao Tzu
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him.
—Lao Tzu
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
—Lao Tzu
When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
—Lao Tzu
Silence is a source of great strength.
—Lao Tzu
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, “We did this ourselves.”
—Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
—Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
—Lao Tzu
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
—Lao Tzu
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
—Lao Tzu