Laozi Quotes

To lead, one must follow.

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When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.

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All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.

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I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.

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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

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Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.

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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.

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The sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost.

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He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to be renewed.

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When you find the way/ others will find you./ Passing by on the road/ they will be drawn to your door./ The way that cannot be heard/ will be echoed in your voice./ The way that cannot be seen/ will be reflected in your eyes.

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The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.

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

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The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)

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High and low rest on each other.

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Heavy is the root of light.

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(The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere, even in the most ordinary things.

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. . . These are notions of the mind, which is like a knife, always chipping away at the Tao, trying to render it graspable and manageable. But that which is beyond form is ungraspable, and that which is beyond knowing is unmanageable. There is, however, this consolation: She who lets go of the knife will find the Tao at her fingertips.

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Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment.

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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

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Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

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