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Ruler Quotes by Laozi
- The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.
- Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
- It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler.…
- Stillness is the ruler of haste.
- In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
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