Laozi Quotes, Humble Quotes, Attention Quotes

The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.

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

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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.

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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

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The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.

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The wise man knows he doesn't know.

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The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.

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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership.

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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

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To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.

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The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war.

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Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

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To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who know when they are deluded can free themselves from such delusion. The intelligent people are not deluded, because they know and accept their ignorance as ignorance, and thereby have genuine knowledge.

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Returning is the movement of the Way.

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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

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For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.

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The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.

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Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.

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Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't get full eating this way.

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