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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More Laozi Quotes
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Health is the greatest possession.
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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The great image lacks shape.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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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 ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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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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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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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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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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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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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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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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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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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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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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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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