Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
LAOZIThe more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
More Laozi Quotes
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If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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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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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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From caring comes courage.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Return animosity with virtue.
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The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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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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