When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
LAOZIWhat resists, persists.
More Laozi Quotes
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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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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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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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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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the 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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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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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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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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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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