If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
LAOZIMeet the big while it is small.
More Laozi Quotes
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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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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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From caring comes courage.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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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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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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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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Meet the big while it is small.
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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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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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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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