Laozi Quotes, Country Quotes

Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.

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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.

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He who regards many things easy will find many difficulties. Therefore the sage regards things difficult, and consequently never has difficulties.

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There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

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Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.

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Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.

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He who controls the past controls the future.

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Use the light to return to clarity.

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Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have to do is participate in it.

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Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.

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The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.

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Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.

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Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.

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Bend and you will be straight.

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He does not seek power - yet people follow him.

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Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.

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Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.

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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

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When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.

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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.

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