Laozi

A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.

Laozi

A man should love others as himself and also their parents as his own.

Laozi

A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick. A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.

Laozi

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.

Laozi

A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.

Laozi

A person who prematurely believes that they comprehend the Tao sees only its external luster, and this is the beginning of delusion.

Laozi

A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

Laozi

A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.

Laozi

A sound man is good at salvage, at seeing nothing is lost.

Laozi

A tree as wide as a man’s embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

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