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Therefore Quotes by Laozi
- Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
- Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore…
- Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a small kingdom humbles…
- Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must…
- But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility,…
- 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…
- A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they…
- Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and…
- Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment.…
- 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;…
- The highest virtue is not virtuous. Therefore it has virtue. The lowest virtue holds on to virtue. Therefore it has no virtue.
- The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.
- The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.
- He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.
- He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest…
- Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes…
- Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
- The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold…
- When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being…
- Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what…
More Therefore Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to… — Mikhail Bakunin
- A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward… — Pope Benedict XVI
- And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd — William Shakespeare
- Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away… — Swami Vivekananda
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle