Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
LAOZIThe world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
More Laozi Quotes
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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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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.
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What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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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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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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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 seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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From caring comes courage.
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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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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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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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