Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, Doe Quotes

The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

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Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite.

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Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them.

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Stop leaving and you will arrive, Stop searching and you will see, Stop running away and you will be found.

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Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

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I do not interfere, and people become rich by themselves.

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Seal the openings, shut the doors, and until your last day you will not be exhausted. Widen the openings, interfere, and until your last day you will not be safe.

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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.

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The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

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To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose

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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

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He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.

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If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?

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Lessen selfishness and restrain desires.

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Too much success is not an advantage. Do not tinkle like jade Or clatter like stone chimes.

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Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not.

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If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

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The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.

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When equal armies battle, the grieving one will be victorious.

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