Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
LAOZILoss is not as bad as wanting more.
More Laozi Quotes
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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To lead, one must follow.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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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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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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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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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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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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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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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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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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