Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

道常无为而无不为。侯王若能守之，万物将自化。

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Patience All in good time Nature Teleology

Author

Lao Tzu

Source

Tao Te Ching

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

Chinese

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

China Asia

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Original Citation

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching. 4th century BC, ch. 37.

Current Citation

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao. Translated by John Minford. Penguin, 2019.

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Another quote by Lao Tzu

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Topic
Patience Persistence One step at a time

Author

Lao Tzu
Source
Tao Te Ching
Genre
Philosophical literature Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Chinese
Time
400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
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Original Citation

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching. 6th century B. C., ch. 64, l. 12.

Current Citation

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao. Translated by John Minford. Penguin, 2019.

Another quote about Nature

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Aristotle

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Beauty of nature Nature

Author

Aristotle
Source
On the Parts of Animals
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. On the Parts of Animals. c. 350 BC, 1, 5.

Current Citation

Aristotle. "Parts of Animals I." Aristotle: Generation of Animals & History of Animals 1, Parts of Animals 1. Translated by C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publications, 2019, 1, 5.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119:105

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God's word The Bible
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
-450 -450s 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 119:105).

Another quote originally in Chinese

The policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science; it is designed to enable a socialist culture to thrive in our land.

Mao Zedong

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Topic
Battle of ideas
Speaker
Mao Zedong
Source
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Chinese
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Original Citation

Mao Zedong. "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People." People's Daily, 19 June 1957.

Current Citation

Mao Zedong. "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People." Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung. Volume 5. Translated by People's Publishing House. Foreign Languages P, 1977, sect. 8.