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  • Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

    Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Shambhala Publications
  • The more you know, the less you need.

    Yvon Chouinard (2006). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman”, p.90, Penguin
  • Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.

    H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.174, Thomas Nelson Inc
  • Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

  • 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.

  • ...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.

    Laozi (2016). “The Tao Te Ching: Annotated Edition”, p.97, Dudeism LLC
  • If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

  • Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

    Life   Change   Spiritual  
  • He who stands on tiptoe doesn't stand firm. He who rushes ahead doesn't go far. He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't know who he really is. He who has power over others can't empower himself. He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures.

  • When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

  • True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.

    Leadership   Wise   Men  
  • Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

  • Stop thinking, and end your problems.

  • The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way.

  • Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

  • The more you know, the less you carry

    Mlm   Tao Te Ching   Monk  
  • To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

  • The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

    "Tao Te Ching". 4th century BC.
  • When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.

  • The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

    Laozi, Bi Wang, Paul J. Lin (1977). “A translation of Lao Tzu's Tao te ching and Wang Pi's commentary”, Univ of Michigan Center for chinese
  • The more you know the less you need to say.

    FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 30, 2017
  • If you want to know me, look inside your heart.

  • Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.

    Block   Dust   Giving  
  • A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

  • The amount that she loved us was beyond her reach. It could not be quantified or contained. It was the ten thousand named things in the Tao Te Ching’s universe and then ten thousand more. Her love was full-throated and all-encompassing and unadorned. Every day she blew through her entire reserve.

    Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found”, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd
  • Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  • Free from desire, you realize the mystery.

    "Tao Te Ching". Book by Laozi (Ch. 1), 4th century BC.
  • If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.

  • Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

    Laozi (2008). “Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation”, University Press of Amer
  • Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.

    Art   Philosophy   Issues  
    "'Art of Learning' isn't just black and white". Interview with Tracey Wong Briggs, usatoday30.usatoday.com. July 17, 2007.
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