Failure is the foundation of success and the means by which it is achieved.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the be...
Nature is not human hearted.
The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not hones...
The Master, by residing in the Tao,sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself,people can see his light.Because he has nothing to prove,people can trust his
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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.
There was something undifferentiated and yet complete, which existed before Heaven and Earth. Soundless and formless, it depends on nothing and does not change. It operates everywhere and is free from...
Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.
A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.
If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.