If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
LAOZIFilling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
More Laozi Quotes
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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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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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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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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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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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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Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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