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Things Quotes by Laozi
- Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily,…
- Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling…
- The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
- See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things
- If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow…
- Be truly whole, and all things will return to you.
- Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin…
- Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
- For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
- No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and…
- To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day
- The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
- Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.
- Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused.…
- 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…
- All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find…
- The Way of Heaven does not complete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It…
- 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;…
- 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.…
- 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…
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