All things Quotes by Laozi

He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.

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All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return.

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Be truly whole, and all things will return to you.

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Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them.

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Stay at the center and let all things take their course.

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All things flourish, and each returns to its source.

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Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?

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All things carry yin and embrace yang. They reach harmony by blending with the vital breath.

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ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.

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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence.…

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Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

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Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is…

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. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this,…

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Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded…

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The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

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The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.

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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…

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Throw away holiness and wisdom, and people will be a hundred times happier. Throw away morality and justice, and people will do…

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Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind…

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The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite?…

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If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a…

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The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things... The…

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If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew…

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Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is…

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There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is…

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The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people…

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The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in…

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When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and…

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The great Tao flows everywhere. All things are born from it, yet it doesn't create them. It pours itself into its work,…

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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. What does it mean that success is a dangerous as…

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All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the…

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All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.

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Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

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Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.

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The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge.

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Love the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care for all things.

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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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He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties.

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The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that…

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It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make…

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