Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
LAOZIOne cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
More Laozi Quotes
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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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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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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 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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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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Health is the greatest possession.
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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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The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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