Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
LAOZIQuarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
More Laozi Quotes
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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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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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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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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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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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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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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Every step is on the path.
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