Laozi Quotes, Men Quotes, Taoism Quotes

All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.

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Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them, but it is in their nature.

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The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.

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Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.

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Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

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Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.

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To know and not to do is not yet to know.

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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

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Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.

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Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is called the profound union.

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Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.

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Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.

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When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

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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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Those who are unswerving have resolve

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Seeing the small is called clarity.

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Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small.

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The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state's weaponry should not be displayed.

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The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.

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Every step is on the path.

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