"When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
-Lao Tzu
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"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."
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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."
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"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."
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"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."
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"Silence is a source of great strength."
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"Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training."
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"Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity."
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