"If you want to become full, let yourself…" — Laozi

"If you want to become full, let yourself be empty."

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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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[S]uppose you make a hole in an ordinary evacuated electric light bulb and allow the air molecules to pass in… — Francis William Aston
Like Mary, let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full… — Mother Teresa
We have reached a strange new place in marketing when tweets become full-page print ads, — A. O. Scott
What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty. — Auguste Rodin
The things that have acquired unity are these: Heaven by unity has become clear; Earth by unity has become steady;… — Laozi
Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at… — Shams Tabrizi
Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. — Rumi
The basic work of health professionals in general, and of psychotherapist s in particular, is to become full human beings… — Chogyam Trungpa
The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon… — Rumi
I started a trial period a couple of weeks ago as a correspondent for 'Extra,' and now it's become full… — Holly Madison
Does the Gospel I preach and teach have a natural tendency to cause people who hear it to become full-time… — Dallas Willard
We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners… — Romeo LeBlanc

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