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  • Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Cutting Quotes , Dwelling Quotes
  • The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand in fear, Worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, The people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Government Quotes
  • Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when dead they become withered and dry. Therefore it is said: the hard and tough are parts of death; the soft and tender are parts of life.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Nature Quotes , Men Quotes
  • The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided by wisdom rather than emotion. Whole and virtuous, it can never die.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Life Quotes , Self Quotes