Brainy Quote ... chinese philosopher

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu

Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Lao Tzu

   

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Lao Tzu

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Lao Tzu

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.
Lao Tzu

He who is contented is rich.
Lao Tzu

He who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Lao Tzu

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
Lao Tzu

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
Lao Tzu

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
Lao Tzu

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Lao Tzu

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Lao Tzu

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
Lao Tzu

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
Lao Tzu

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Lao Tzu

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Lao Tzu

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Lao Tzu

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
Lao Tzu

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Lao Tzu

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
Lao Tzu

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Lao Tzu

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Lao Tzu

Be the chief but never the lord.
Lao Tzu

Because of a great love, one is courageous.
Lao Tzu

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu

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.
Lao Tzu

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Lao Tzu

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Lao Tzu

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Lao Tzu

From caring comes courage.
Lao Tzu

From wonder into wonder existence opens.
Lao Tzu

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
Lao Tzu

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
Lao Tzu

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Confucius

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
Confucius

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
Confucius

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
Confucius

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
Confucius

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
Confucius

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Confucius

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
Confucius

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Confucius

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Confucius

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius

Heaven means to be one with God.
Confucius

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
Confucius

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
Confucius

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
Confucius

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Confucius

If we don't know life, how can we know death?
Confucius

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Confucius

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Confucius

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known.
Confucius

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Confucius

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
Confucius

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Confucius

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Confucius

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
Confucius

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Confucius

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
Confucius

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Confucius

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