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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.


Chuang Tzu

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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...
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