Laozi Quotes, War Quotes, Funeral Quotes

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.

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A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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Praise of power leads to weakness; Love of things leads to loss; The wise one leads by filling people's hearts; He destroys illusion and disturbs those who believe they are wise; He does nothing yet everything happens.

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Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.

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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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The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.

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The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.

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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

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The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.

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When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

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The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!

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The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.

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Truth sounds paradoxical!

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Return animosity with virtue.

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The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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A sound man is good at salvage, at seeing nothing is lost

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The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.

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The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfils its destiny.

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