The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
LAOZIHe who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
More Laozi Quotes
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Every step is on the path.
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Heavy is the root of light.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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The great image lacks shape.
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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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