When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
LAOZIThe sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
More Laozi Quotes
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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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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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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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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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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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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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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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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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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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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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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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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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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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 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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