"Searching for precious goods leads astray." — Laozi

"Searching for precious goods leads astray."

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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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More Astray Quotes

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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. — Teresa of Avila
Terrorism needs to be fought against and certainly delegitimized or attacked, but some of the underlying grievances that might in… — John O. Brennan
It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you. — Willie Aames
If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought. — Dante Alighieri
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall… — Laozi
I wrote to Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I said: "Here is the sentence once written by the immortal Bobby Jones. I… — Alistair Cooke
State a moral case to a plowman and a professor. The former will decide it as well, and often better… — Thomas Jefferson
I have heard of many going astray even in the village streets, when the darkness was so thick you could… — Henry David Thoreau
Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach… — Confucius
Intuition makes much of it; I mean by this the faculty of seeing a connection between things that in appearance… — Andre Weil
It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close… — Albert Einstein
Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth. — Jean Rostand

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