Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, Sage Quotes

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.

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

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From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.

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Let the country be small, and the inhabitants few.

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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.

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To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.

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

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Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.

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

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I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.

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Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

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What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.

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Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.

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Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.

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To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.

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He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

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Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick; then you can move toward health.

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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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No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.

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The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.

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