The most famous lines of the Tao Te Ching
The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: The highest good is like water: water benefits all things and does not compete. · A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's feet. · He who conquers others has strength; he who conquers himself is mighty.. (Updated Mar 9, 2019.)
The lines from Laozi's Tao Te Ching that are most widely quoted to this day, with the chapter each comes from.
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Top 13
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The highest good is like water: water benefits all things and does not compete.
Chapter 8.
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A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's feet.
Chapter 64.
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He who conquers others has strength; he who conquers himself is mighty.
Chapter 33.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name.
Chapter 1, the opening of the book.
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He who knows he has enough is rich.
Chapter 33.
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The great vessel is completed late; the great sound is faint; the great image has no form.
Chapter 41.
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Govern a great state as you would cook a small fish.
Chapter 60.
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True words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not true.
Chapter 81.
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Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know.
Chapter 56.
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A tree that fills a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot; a nine-storey tower rises from a heap of earth.
Chapter 64.
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The soft and weak overcome the hard and strong.
Chapter 36.
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The difficult things of the world must be done while they are easy; the great things must be done while they are small.
Chapter 63.
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Misfortune is what good fortune leans on; good fortune is where misfortune hides.
Chapter 58.
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He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
Chapter 33.
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「千里之行，始於足下」每次開始新工作都會想到這句