Quote #16
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
More from Lao Tzu
- He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.
- The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple …
- 'Block the passages, shut the doors, And till the end your strength shall not fail. Open up the passages, increase your doings, And till yo…
- Governing a large country is like frying a small fish.
- Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, take it and practice it earnestly. Scholars of the middle class, when they hea…
- Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does fo…
- Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
- A true traveller has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving.