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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Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right in the sense of being equal is to be considered with reference to the advantage of the state, and the common good of the citizens. And a citizen is one who shares in governing and being governed. He differs under different forms of government, but in the best state he is one who is able and willing to be governed and to govern with a view to the life of virtue.
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Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
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Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.
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I don't have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, 'You're going to be fine. It ain't that serious!'
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Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.
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Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.
