Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
LAOZINature is not human hearted.
More Laozi Quotes
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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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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 yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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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 more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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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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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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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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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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