Laozi Quotes, Nature Quotes, Law Quotes

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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A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed. A brave and calm man will always preserve life. Of these two which is good and which is harmful?

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Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

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Use the light to return to clarity.

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What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.

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What should be shrunken must first be stretched.

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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

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The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

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Those who know when to halt are unharmed.

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To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.

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Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite.

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The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.

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When one gives whatever one can without restraint, the barriers of individuality break down. It no longer becomes possible to tell whether it is the student offering himself to the teacher, or the teacher offering herself to the student. One sees only two immaculate beings, reflecting one another like a pair of brilliant mirrors.

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Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

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Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.

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Those who boast are not respected.

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A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He considers those who point out his faultsas his most benevolent teachers.He thinks of his enemyas the shadow that he himself casts.

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That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances.

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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.

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