Laozi Quotes, Men Quotes, Gains Quotes

The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day.

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If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.

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Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.

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When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are stockpiled outside the cities. There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.

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Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.

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The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

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Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw dogs.

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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

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If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.

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Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

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Deal with the small before it becomes large.

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Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.

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Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this.

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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

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Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting.

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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like the female throughout the world, who by quiescence always overcomes the male. And quiescence is a form of humility.

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To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

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A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth.

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