Laozi Quotes, Warrior Quotes, Feet Quotes

Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.

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The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

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When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him.

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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 one's heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he or she is automatically involved in fear of losing status.

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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

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Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those who know eternity are called enlightened.

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The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

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Use your light, but dim your brightness.

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Stillness is easy to maintain.

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The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.

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The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.

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He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

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Nature is not anthropomorphic.

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Conduct your triumph as a funeral.

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The most eloquent seems to stutter.

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To know you have enough is to be rich.

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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.

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The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.

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Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.

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What resists, persists.

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