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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I'm not always thinking and working ... I think a leader has to really be a balanced, whole and healthy person personally in order to be the best leader on the job.
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There was a euphoria in the music and the way it was delivered, and, as the crowds started to get bigger, it fed off itself until it became less about the band and more about being with all those people, jumping up and down, drunk to the music.
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Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory....everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while. That's why it's good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from.
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.
