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[Wikidata] 6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism... | [Wikipedia] Laozi was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions and his opus a collaboration of various writers, with the name Laozi, literally meanin

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• Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big. Becomes
• Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful? Balance
• So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness;… Ahead
• There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time to breathe hard.… Ahead
• Stop thinking, and end your problems. End
• It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself. Enlightenment
• The Tao is unpredictable to those that live according to plans. Only those who have no agenda are in harmony with the Tao. According
• The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing. Art
• The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious.… Binding
• Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results. Athlete
• Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution. Bestowed
• The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long. Bright
• When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality. Goodness
• Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it. Change
• The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness. Emptiness
• The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This… All
• To understand the limitation of things, desire them. Desire
• Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself. Disappear
• Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing. Accomplish
• There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent. Danger

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