Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, Weak Quotes

The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.

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All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.

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Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

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If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?

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Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end.

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Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness.

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Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.

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A good speaker does not stutter.

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The small is easy to scatter.

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For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.

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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.

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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.

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The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.

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Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.

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The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

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Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.

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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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The Tao never does anything, yet through it all things are done. If powerful men and women could venter themselves in it, the whole world would be transformed by itself, in its natural rhythms. People would be content with their simple, everyday lives, in harmony, and free of desire. When there is no desire, all things are at peace.

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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

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