Laozi Quotes, Life Quotes, Strong Quotes

When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life and dry in brittle in death So the soft and supple are the companion of life While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death An army that cannot yield will be defeated A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind Thus by Nature's own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant

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Kindness in words creates confidence.

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Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.

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If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

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That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.

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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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The rigid tree will be felled.

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Nature is not anthropomorphic.

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The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.

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Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.

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Stillness is the ruler of haste.

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Abandon knowledge and your worries are over.

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When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.

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Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.

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The sturdiest virtue seems fragile.

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Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.

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The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.

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Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.

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In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

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Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

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