A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
LAOZIWhen 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.
More Laozi Quotes
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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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 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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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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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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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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The farther you go, the less you know.
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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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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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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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