Laozi Quotes, People Quotes, Age Quotes

In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

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Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.

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To know how little one knows is to have genuine knowledge. Not to know how little one knows is to be deluded. Only those who know when they are deluded can free themselves from such delusion. The intelligent people are not deluded, because they know and accept their ignorance as ignorance, and thereby have genuine knowledge.

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All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom.

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The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

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Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'

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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

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The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.

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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.

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The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.

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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.

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Battles are followed by years of famine.

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He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

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Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.

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Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish.

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Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not.

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It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.

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I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

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Kindness in words creates confidence.

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