Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
LAOZIThe more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
More Laozi Quotes
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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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To lead, one must follow.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Return animosity with virtue.
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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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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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