Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
LAOZIA foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
More Laozi Quotes
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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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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Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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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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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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From caring comes courage.
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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