If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
LAOZILoss is not as bad as wanting more.
More Laozi Quotes
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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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To lead, one must follow.
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Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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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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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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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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Meet the big while it is small.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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What resists, persists.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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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 weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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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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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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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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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Wear down to be renewed.
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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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