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.

Lao Tzu

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Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol referred to in Lao Tzu's writings is the symbol of water.

In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.

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