Laozi Quotes, Character Quotes, Reality Quotes

The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide with realities, they do not remain with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

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Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.

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When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are stockpiled outside the cities. There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.

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Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.

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The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.

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See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things

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Stillness is easy to maintain.

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People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff.

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The eye with which you see God is the same eye with which God sees you; one in seeing; one in knowing; one in loving.

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In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.

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A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed. A brave and calm man will always preserve life. Of these two which is good and which is harmful?

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Those who are unswerving have resolve

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The subtlest of subtleties, this is the gateway to all mysteries.

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Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.

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What has not yet emerged is easy to prevent.

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To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.

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Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it.

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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.

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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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