Laozi Quotes, Kindness Quotes, Speech Quotes

Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.

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A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

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The best leaders are those their people hardly know exist. The next best is a leader who is loved and praised. Next comes the one who is feared. The worst one is the leader that is despised ... The best leaders value their words, and use them sparingly. When they have accomplished their task, the people say, "Amazing! We did it, all by ourselves!

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Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.

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If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.

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When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.

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To be worn out is to be renewed.

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Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.

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All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.

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In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.

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The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.

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Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.

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Force is followed by loss of strength. This is not the way of the Tao. That which goes against the Tao comes to an early end.

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That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.

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Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there.

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To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

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Practice non-action. Work without doing.

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If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.

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Great, it passes on (in constant flow).

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