Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, Virtue Quotes

The grandest virtue seems deficient.

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Those who know it do not speak about it. Those who speak about it do not know it.

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The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.

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The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface.

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There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

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From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.

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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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What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult.

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The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete.

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When everyone sees good, then bad exists.

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To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

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We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use.

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The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

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He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.

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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

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He who is attached to things will suffer much.

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Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.

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Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.

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Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger.

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The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

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