Laozi Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Life Quotes

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

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Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.

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When everyone sees good, then bad exists.

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Does one scent appeal more than another? Do you prefer this flavor, or that feeling? Is your practice sacred and your work profane? Then your mind is separated: from itself, from oneness, from the Tao.

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The Tao of the sage is work without effort.

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It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.

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Its name-what passes not away.

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To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness.

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The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

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

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The great image lacks shape.

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Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.

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The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.

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When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life and dry in brittle in death So the soft and supple are the companion of life While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death An army that cannot yield will be defeated A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind Thus by Nature's own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant

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Nature's way is simple and easy, but men prefer the intricate and artificial.

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What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?

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The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.

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Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory.

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Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.

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