There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
LAOZIFail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
More Laozi Quotes
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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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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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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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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Every step is on the path.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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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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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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