To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
LAOZIWhen the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
More Laozi Quotes
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Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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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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Return animosity with virtue.
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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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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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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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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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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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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 good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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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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