Laozi Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Cutting Quotes

Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there.

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The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.

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As restrictions and prohibitions are multiplied the people grow poorer and poorer. When they are subjected to overmuch government, the land is thrown into confusion.

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The noble must make humility his root.

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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of mankind, Virtue will never desert him. He returns to the state of a little child.

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When you are sick of your sickness you will cease to be sick.

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When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.

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Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

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To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on.

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In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!

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Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.

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If you really want everything, then give up everything.

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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.

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The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.

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Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.

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To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way.

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If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals... These angelic teachers cannot be sought out; it is they who seek out the student. When you succeed in connecting your energy with the divine realm through high awareness and the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the transmission of the ultimate subtle truths will follow.

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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose

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The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

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Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.

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