565 Quotes by Laozi


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    Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

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    To know one’s ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

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    The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout...

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    If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

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    Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

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    Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing.

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    Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining.

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    Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

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