"High and low rest on each other." — Laozi

"High and low rest on each other."

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1,065 Quotes by Laozi

Laozi has 1,065 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall…
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he…
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams…
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to… — Aristotle
Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they… — Richard Armour
A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each… — Rudolf Arnheim
I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know… — Antonin Artaud
I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help… — Rodney Atkins
In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster… — Norman Ralph Augustine
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
Each day provides its own gifts. — Marcus Aurelius
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle. — Marcus Aurelius
Each book I've done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once… — Paul Auster

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