There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
LAOZINot praising the deserving prevents envy.
More Laozi Quotes
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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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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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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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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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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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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Wear down to be renewed.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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