"The great Way is very straight, but people……" — Laozi
"The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
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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 Deviate Quotes
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one of 43 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not…
— Franz Boas
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I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.
— Taylor Caldwell
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Don Keough's (CEO Coca-Cola) 11 Rules on "HOW TO LOSE": 1. Stop taking risks 2. Be content 3. Never deviate…
— Donald Keough
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It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it…
— Shannon Miller
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Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity…
— Samuel Johnson
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The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of…
— Robert Fulton
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The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of…
— Paul Cezanne
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Scholars today are under increasing pressure to publish. Consequences of this pressure are incentives to deviate from the truth
— Bruno Frey
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The Roman Pontiffs have always...held that all those rites should be preserved which deviate neither from accuracy in matters of…
— Pope Pius IX
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It is the cry of the separate self, ‘What about me?’ As long as we keep acting from that place,…
— Charles Eisenstein
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I think every album you have to stretch further and further, give people another piece of you. But then I…
— Ludacris
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The places in our personality where we tend to deviate from love are not out faults, but our wounds. God…
— Marianne Williamson
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