Laozi Quotes, Success Quotes, Journey Quotes

The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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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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If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

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When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.

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You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science.

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The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.

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When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.

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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

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The world may be known Without leaving the house.

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Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

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It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.

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Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. Walls with windows and doors form the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home.

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The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.

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Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.

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To be of few words is natural.

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With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

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The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.

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The Master keeps her mind always at one with the Tao; that is what gives her her radiance. The Tao is ungraspable. How can her mind be at one with it? Because she doesn't cling to ideas. The Tao is dark and unfathomable. How can it make her radiant? Because she lets it. Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not. How do I know this is true? I look inside myself and see.

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Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.

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