24 ideas
6319 | Wise people choose inaction and silence [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6325 | One who knows does not speak; one who speaks does not know [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
6321 | Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6328 | To know yet to think that one does not know is best [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6323 | Pursuit of learning increases activity; the Way decreases it [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
6331 | Truth is not beautiful; beautiful speech is not truthful [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6330 | One with no use for life is wiser than one who values it [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
6327 | Do good to him who has done you an injury [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
23402 | The highest virtue is achieved without effort [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6324 | To gain in goodness, treat as good those who are good, and those who are not [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
7896 | The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7897 | The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
6322 | There is no crime greater than having too many desires [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
6320 | The best rulers are invisible, the next admired, the next feared, and the worst are exploited [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6329 | People are hard to govern because authorities love to do things [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6326 | The better known the law, the more criminals there are [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
23401 | A military victory is not a thing of beauty [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |
1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus] |