Laozi Quotes, Children Quotes, Athlete Quotes

The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good. The best leader follows the will of the people. All of the embody the virtue of non-competition. Not that they don't love to compete, but they do it in the spirit of play. In this they are like children and in harmony with the Tao.

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Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?

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Going forward seems like retreat.

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It is wealth to be content.

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Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

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Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining.

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The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.

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Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.

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If you practice inaction, nothing will be left undone: For the way to acquire lordship over society is by invariably not interfering.

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Great, it passes on (in constant flow).

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No weapon is sharper than will.

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The Great Vessel takes long to complete.

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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?

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If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?

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The Way of Heaven does not complete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

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To have little is to possess.

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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.

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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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When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.

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There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.

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