An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
LAOZINo disaster is worse than being discontented.
More Laozi Quotes
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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Every step is on the path.
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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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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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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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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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The wise man knows without traveling.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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What resists, persists.
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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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Wear down to be renewed.
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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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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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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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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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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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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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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