Laozi Quotes

Wear down to be renewed.

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He does not seek power - yet people follow him.

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If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.

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Be the chief but never the lord.

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Taking things lightly must lead to big difficulties.

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Let people take death seriously, and not travel far.

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The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?

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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

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Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.

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To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.

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Battles are followed by years of famine.

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Human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless.

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There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.

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Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.

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As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.

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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

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Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.

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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will never desert him. He returns to the state of a little child.

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Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small.

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Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. Walls with windows and doors form the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home.

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