"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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"You do have to change things as warfare changes."
-Charles Schumer
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-Tom Hanks
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"What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later."
-Jonathan Sacks
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"Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it."
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"Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon."
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"Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives."
-Jonathan Sacks
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