To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
LAOZIThat the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
More Laozi Quotes
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Wear down to be renewed.
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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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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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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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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Health is the greatest possession.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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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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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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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 True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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