Lao Tzu Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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In 1998, I self-published online in order to get a traditional deal.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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The thing I love about sketch is sometimes it leads you as opposed to you leading it.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.
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I think a lot of people love to convolute what everyone else does in order to disempower women.
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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.
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For many years now, I feel like my own body struggle has been linked and connected with women I meet in the world. I think we're in this together.
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The scientific method of examining facts is not peculiar to one class of phenomena and to one class of workers; it is applicable to social as well as to physical problems, and we must carefully guard ourselves against supposing that the scientific frame of mind is a peculiarity of the professional scientist.
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I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.
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Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.
