Laozi Quotes, Practice Quotes, Way Quotes

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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Great accomplishment seems imperfect, Yet it does not outlive its usefulness. Great fullness seems empty, Yet it cannot be exhausted.

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He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.

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Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

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A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

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The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.

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The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

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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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Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.

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He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.

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Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.

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I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.

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Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well. {But spiritual insight transcends death.}

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Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

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When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.

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Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating, receiving rather than broadcasting, loving rather than fighting.

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Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.

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Those who die without being forgotten get longevity.

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That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.

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