The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
LAOZIThe sage acts by doing nothing.
More Laozi Quotes
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Every step is on the path.
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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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To lead, one must follow.
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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