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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More Laozi Quotes
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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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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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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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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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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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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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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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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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 Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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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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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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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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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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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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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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What resists, persists.
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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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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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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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