Laozi Quotes, People Quotes, Causes Quotes

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also

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Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.

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Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.

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When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

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The best way to carve is not to split.

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I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.

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Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.

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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. - Diane Arbus By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

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The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

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Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.

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When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

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People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.

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Whatever is flexible and living will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.

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The highest benevolence acts without purpose.

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When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.

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Nature doesn't make long speeches.

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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

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Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?

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