Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it


Chuang Tzu

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Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them....
LAO-TZU
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truc...
SUN-TZU
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And...
LAO-TZU
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
LAO-TZU
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

NOTE: Other translation...
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...
LAO-TZU
Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
SUN TZU
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible an...
SUN-TZU
Let there be a small country with few people . . .
Though neighboring communities overlook one an...
LAO-TZU
So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight a...
SUN TZU
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only tho...
SUN-TZU
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
LAO TZU
The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drai...
SUN TZU
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then...
SUN TZU
Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful ...
LAO TZU
The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty d...
SUN TZU
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
LAO TZU
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast any...
LAO TZU
Nature is not human hearted.
LAO-TZU
Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the ...
LAO TZU
By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the wo...
LAO TZU
The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart
LAO TZU
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
LAO TZU
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives t...
LAO TZU