Lao-Tzu

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Biography of Lao-Tzu
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"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course. By letting each thing act in accordance with its own nature, everything that needs to be done gets done."	Honesty, Intelligence, Learning
"Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Friends
"There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being; For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be."	Art, Learning
"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."	Love
"People in their handling 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."	Beginnings, Failure, Success
"One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him."	Miscellaneous
"The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation."	Ability, Accomplishment, Achievement
"To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage."	Age, Courage, Love
"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."	Honesty, Intelligence, Knowledge
"He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened."	Darkness, Knowledge, Light
"He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Art
"The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem."	Age, Knowledge, Love
"The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore it is near The Eternal."	Evil, Good
"Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness."	Fear, Happiness, Joy
"He who knows enough is enough will always have enough."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."	Excellence, Government
"He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty."	Strength
"A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth."	Art, Men
"The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty."	Darkness, Light
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