When a country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.
Tao Te Ching 18:4
Not-knowing is true knowledge.
Presuming to know is a disease.
First realize that you are sick;
then you can move toward health.
Tao Te Ching 71:1
There is no greater illusion than fear,
no greater wrong
than preparing to defend yourself,
no greater misfortune
than having an enemy.
Whoever can see through all fear
will always be safe.
Tao Te Ching 46:3
If a country is governed with tolerance,
the people are comfortable and honest.
If a country is governed with repression,
the people are depressed and crafty.
When the will to power is in charge,
the higher the ideals,
the lower the results.
Try to make people happy,
and you lay the groundwork for misery.
Try to make people moral,
and you lay the groundwork for vice.
Tao Te Ching 58:1
Whoever relies on the Tao
in governing men
doesn't try to force issues
or defeat enemies by force of arms.
For every force there is a counterforce.
Violence, even well intentioned,
always rebounds upon oneself.
Tao Te Ching 30:1
If you want to govern the people,
you must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead the people,
you must learn how to follow them.
Tao Te Ching 66:3
If your happiness depends on money,
you will never be happy with yourself.
Tao Te Ching 44:5
Throw away holiness and wisdom,
and people will be
a hundred times happier.
Throw away morality and justice,
and people will do the right thing.
Throw away industry and profit,
and there won't be any thieves.
Tao Te Ching 19:1-3
When the Tao is lost, there is goodness.
When goodness is lost, there is morality.
When morality is lost, there is ritual.
Ritual is the husk of true faith,
the beginning of chaos.
Tao Te Ching 38:8
If you realise that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying,
there is nothing you can't achieve.
Tao Te Ching 74:1
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