Meet the big while it is small.
LAOZINature is not human hearted.
More Laozi Quotes
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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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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The farther you go, the less you know.
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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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From caring comes courage.
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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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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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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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