Chinese - Philosopher | B.C.571 - B.C.471
Be the chief but never the lord.
Lao Tzu
LeadershipNeverLordChief
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
MoreExhaustedWhoHeSoonerTalks
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
WillMoreThievesOrderLawsMade
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
WaterWorldStrongNothingHard
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
MotherNameHeavenEarthOrigin
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
GreatBeginningCreativeHeavenOwe
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
LoveComfortScholarFitWhoDeemed
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
LoveHeartLove IsHeadSenses
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
StrengthStrongOthersMightyWho
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
HimOwnAgreeWhoViewsFew
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
LoveGreatBecauseCourageous
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
WinningWorldYouGoDoneTry
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