With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
LAOZIReturn animosity with virtue.
More Laozi Quotes
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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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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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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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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The light of the Way seems dim.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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From caring comes courage.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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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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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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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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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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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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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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