

“Therefore the sage desires what (other men) do not desire, and does not prize things difficult to get; he learns what (other men) do not learn, and turns back to what the multitude of men have passed by.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching

“Therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching

“To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a disease.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching

“He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is a scourge to it; while he who does not (try to) do so is a blessing.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
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