More from Lao Tzu
The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on.
Lao TzuLao Tzu The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
Lao TzuLao Tzu If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Because of a great love, one is courageous
Lao TzuLao Tzu Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.
Lao TzuLao Tzu The Way to do is to be.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.”
Lao TzuLao Tzu Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
Lao TzuLao Tzu If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
Lao TzuLao Tzu When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?
Ralph EllisonRalph Ellison I always wanted to live a man’s life in a woman’s body.
Diane Von FurstenbergDiane Von Furstenberg Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville I knew one thing. I did not want to be a mommy like mommy.
Betty FriedanBetty Friedan Character is a wish for a perfect education.
NovalisNovalis It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.
ThucydidesThucydides Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees.
Czeslaw MiloszCzeslaw Milosz Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
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