A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
LAOZIKeep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
More Laozi Quotes
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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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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What resists, persists.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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