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World Quotes by Laozi
- 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…
- What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like…
- Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great…
- Giving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all…
- Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on…
- By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the…
- By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The…
- The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
- Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and…
- Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.
- How do I know about the world? By what is within me.
- The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
- The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or…
- Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one…
- The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you…
- All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power. If you want to govern the people,…
- In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak…
- My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice…
- Without going outside, you may know the whole world!
- Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
- Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.
- When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside…
- The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like…
- All things in the world are born out of being. Being is born out of non-being.
- The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the…
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- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach