"Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing"……" — Laozi
"Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing" is what happens when the doer disappears, it isn't something that one does or chooses not to do.]"
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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