Laozi Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Quotes

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

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The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day.

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The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

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Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.

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The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided by wisdom rather than emotion. Whole and virtuous, it can never die.

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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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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

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The purest white seems stained.

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Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.

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We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it liveable.

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A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

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As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up. It adjusts excess and deficiency so that there is perfect balance.

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Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

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The group will not prosper if the leader grabs the lion's share of the credit for the good work that has been done.

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Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.

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He does not seek power - yet people follow him.

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Going forward seems like retreat.

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Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force.

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Those who know when to halt are unharmed.

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Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.

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