Quote by Lao Tzu
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much h

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it. – Lao Tzu

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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? – Lao Tzu

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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu

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power
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any. – Lao Tzu

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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. – Christopher Hitchens

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Being is the great explainer. – Henry David Thoreau

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Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. – John Ruskin

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I am concerned for the security of our great Nation not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within. – Douglas MacArthur

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My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dads union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege. – Ezra Koenig

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