Meet the difficult while it is easy.
LAOZIKeep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
More Laozi Quotes
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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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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The wise man knows without traveling.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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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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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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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 world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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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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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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