Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more precious?
Founder of Taoism
From the 'Tao Te Ching', Chapter 44.
6th century BCE (approx)
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"The greatest good is like water. Water benefits all things and does not contend."
Strange & Unusual"To know yet to think that one does not know is the highest [attainment]. Not to know yet to think that one knows is a disease."
Shocking"The sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as foreign to him, and yet it is preserved."
Controversial"The more laws and ordinances are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be."
Shocking"The best of men is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to the Tao."
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