Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
LAOZIA leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
More Laozi Quotes
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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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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To lead, one must follow.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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