About Lao Tzu

Ancient Chinese sage traditionally credited with writing the Tao Te Ching. (c. 6th century BC)

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More from Lao Tzu

• A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64
• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33, tr. Stephen Mitchell
• A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17, tr. Witter Bynner
• He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 46
• To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 48
• He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.Tao Te Ching, Chapter 56

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• People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it.Simon Sinek
• Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.Simon Sinek
• A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.Seth Godin
• Ego is the enemy of what you want and of what you have.Ryan Holiday
• The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.Abraham Lincoln
• With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.Abraham Lincoln

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