When 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.
LAOZINever take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
More Laozi Quotes
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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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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The light of the Way seems dim.
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What resists, persists.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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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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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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To lead, one must follow.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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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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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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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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