"Is not the space between Heaven and Earth……" — Laozi
"Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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An intellectual hatred is the worst, So let her think opinions are accursed. Have I not seen the loveliest woman…
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No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived.…
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The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil,…
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Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty.…
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Everyone strives to attain the Law,' answers the man, 'how does it come about, then, that in all these years…
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