Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
LAOZIThe sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
More Laozi Quotes
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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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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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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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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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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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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