Laozi Quotes, Names Quotes, Giving Quotes

We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

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Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated.

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Stay at the center and let all things take their course.

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The ten thousand things flourish and then each returns to the root from which it came. Returning to the root is stillness. Through stillness each fulfils its destiny.

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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

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The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.

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The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.

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A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.

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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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All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

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The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.

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The longer you travel, the less you know.

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By moderation one can be generous.

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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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No disaster is worse than being discontented.

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Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

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Appetite for food and sex is nature.

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Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.

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When there is no desire, all things are at peace

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