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> 26 quotes tagged "governance"
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The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people become.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 57
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The great is made of small.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 64
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Do not display your treasures or people will become envious.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 3
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Throw away charity and righteousness, and people will return to brotherly love.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 19
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If a ruler abides by its principles, then her people will willingly follow.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 32
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She understands the mind of the people. Those who are good she treats as good. Those who aren't good she also treats as good.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 49
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The Tao goes in the level places, but people prefer to take the short cuts.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 53
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The more prohibitions you make, the poorer people will be.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 57
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If a government is repressive, the people become treacherous.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 58
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Smart people are difficult to guide, because they think they are too clever.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 65
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Do not meddle with people's livelihoods; if you respect them, they will in turn respect you.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 72
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When people become rebellious, the government has become too intrusive.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 75
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If you want to be quit of robbers...promote the worthy to office...if once the people acquire a sense of shame, you will not find them turning into robbers.Lieh Tzu, Book 7: Causality
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The Tao-man in governing hides his intelligence; he blots out his symbols of majesty. Depending on the Tao, he does away with cleverness: he acts in common with the people, and everything is done on public ground.Huai Nan Tzu, Essay 1
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The rule of the T‛ai Ch‛ing was in accord with Heaven, and beneficial to creation. When human governance aligns with natural principles, society flourishes effortlessly.Huai Nan Tzu, Essay 4
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The person undergoing training in virtue possesses the real virtue. A ruler's personal cultivation directly determines national order.Huai Nan Tzu, Essay 5
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There is only one fundamental and unvarying law in all rule, that is the good of the people. Methods must change with circumstances rather than rigidly follow tradition.Huai Nan Tzu, Essay 6
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A great nation is like a low-lying delta — the meeting place of all rivers, the feminine of the world. The feminine always overcomes the masculine through stillness; by stillness she takes the lower position. A great state, by placing itself below a small state, wins the small state over. Both gain what they seek when the greater one learns to be low.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 61
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The best rulers: the people barely know they exist. Next best: they love and praise them. Next: they fear them. Worst: they despise them. When the best leader's work is done, the people say: 'We did it ourselves.'Tao Te Ching – Chapter 17
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The wise therefore rule by emptying hearts and stuffing bellies, by weakening ambitions and strengthening bones. If people lack knowledge and desire, then intellectuals will not try to interfere. If nothing is done, then all will be well.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 3
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Not exalting the gifted prevents quarrelling. Not collecting treasure prevents stealing. Not seeing desirable things prevents confusion of the heart.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 3
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When there is no peace within the family, Filial piety and devotion arise. When the country is confused and in chaos, Loyal ministers appear.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 18
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Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed. Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 30
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 48
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When the court is arrayed in splendor, the fields are full of weeds, and the granaries are bare.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 53
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Some wear gorgeous clothes, carry sharp swords, and indulge themselves with food and drink; they have more possessions than they can use. They are robber barons. This is certainly not the way of Tao.Tao Te Ching – Chapter 53