The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
LAOZIMeandering leads to perfection.
More Laozi Quotes
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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To lead, one must follow.
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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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He 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.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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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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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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The great image lacks shape.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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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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