Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
LAOZIThe Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
More Laozi Quotes
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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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 sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Every step is on the path.
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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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