Laozi Quotes, Teacher Quotes, Art Quotes

The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

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He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop.

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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

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Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.

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Excellent conquerors do not engage.

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If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

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How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true; integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.

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A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

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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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Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.

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He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

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Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing" is what happens when the doer disappears, it isn't something that one does or chooses not to do.]

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The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

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All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.

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Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided.

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Meandering leads to perfection.

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Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.

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All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

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The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.

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The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.

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