Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
LAOZIAll men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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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.
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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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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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