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Science Quotes by Lao Tzu (4 quotes)
Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
— Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching. Quoted in Kim Lim (ed.), 1,001 Pearls of Spiritual Wisdom: Words to Enrich, Inspire, and Guide Your Life (2014), 183
In the universe great acts are made up of small deeds.
— Lao Tzu
In Lao Tsu and Jane English (trans.), Tao Te Ching (1989), sec. 63, 66.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
— Lao Tzu
In Tao Te Ching. As quoted in Robert Kharshiing, Writers on… Nature (2016), 20.
The perfect reckoner needs no counting-slips.
— Lao Tzu
In Lao Tsu and Arthur Waley (trans.), Tao Te Ching (1996), chap. 27, 28. Also seen translated as: “A good calculator does not need artificial aids,” Translated by James Legge as “The skilful reckoner uses no tallies.” Note: Before the abacus, slips of bamboo were thrown in small bowls for counting.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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