Laozi quotes

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled.

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Silence is a source of great strength.

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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'.

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The words of truth are always paradoxical.

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By his deeds we know a man.

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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

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Those who know do not tell, those who tell do not know.

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Those who find life empty have not realised that it is full of temptations.

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Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

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Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others, And shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.

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Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them, that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever.

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Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

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Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

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Stop thinking, and end your problems.

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The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.

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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the.

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The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

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The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore it is near The Eternal.

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The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers.

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The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.

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The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having.

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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

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The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

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There is no need to run outside for better seeing. Rather abide at the center of your being For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see. The way to do is to be.

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To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.

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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

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When armies are mobilized and issues are joined, The man who is sorry over the fact will win.

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When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.

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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth. It is the beginning of disorder.

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