When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.

Quote by Lao Tzu

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What the caterpillar calls the end the rest of the world calls a butterfly.

What the caterpillar calls the end the rest of the world calls a butterfly.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Love is a decision - not an emotion

Love is a decision - not an emotion

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

To perceive things in the germ is intelligence

To perceive things in the germ is intelligence

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed, the greater the number of lawbreakers and...

The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed, the greater the number of lawbreakers and...

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will...

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will...

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a...

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a...

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Kindness in giving creates love.

Kindness in giving creates love.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will...

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will...

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

To perceive things in the germ is intelligence.

To perceive things in the germ is intelligence.

Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an...

Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an...

The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space....

The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space....