Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

About Laozi

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Laozi (variously spelled; , low-TSUH; Chinese: 老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ) is the name traditionally given to an ancient Chinese philosopher, also identified as Li Er or Lao Dan, who is regarded as the author or originating teacher associated with the Tao Te Ching (Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng), one of the foundational...

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He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.

Silence is a source of great strength.

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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Nature is not human hearted.

humanity heart nature

Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.

More quotations tagged with “desire”

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

—Henry George

There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

—George Washington

While we don't have much say over the desires that we have, we certainly can decide which we prefer-and then search for ways to act on that basis.

—George Bernard Shaw

He who desires is always poor.

Let your desires be ruled by reason.
(Appetitus Rationi Pareat)

History

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