Laozi Quotes, Government Quotes, People Quotes

When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.

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From caring comes courage.

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If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

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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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When the ancient Masters said, "If you want to be given everything, give everything up," they weren't using empty phrases. Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.

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A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men. Water is akin to Tao. . . . In all the earth nothing weaker than water, Yet in attacking the hard, nothing superior, Nothing so certain in wearing down strength: There is no way to resist it. Note then: The weak conquer the strong, The yielding outlast the aggressors.

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You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.

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The way is light and fluid for the man with no preferences.

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Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

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Excellent soldiers are not furious.

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We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

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Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

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Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.

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When the hares have all been caught, the hunting dogs are cooked.

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Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw dogs.

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The sage's Way is to act and not to contend.

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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The Master is above the people, and no one feels oppressed. She goes ahead of the people, and no one feels manipulated. The whole world is grateful to her. Because she competes with no one, no one can compete with her.

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The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.

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Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

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He who knows he has enough is rich.

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