To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
LAOZIThe past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
More Laozi Quotes
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Return animosity with virtue.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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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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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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What resists, persists.
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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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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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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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What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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