"The wise does not think that only..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.
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“I always have the feeling that I'm just another human being.”
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.”
“It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
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“Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment.”
“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
“he who will not economize will agonize”