"The river and the sea can be kings……" — Laozi

The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys,… - Laozi

"The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them."

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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 Hundred Quotes

This quote is filed under Hundred Quotes, one of 2,566 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa… — Chinua Achebe
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon
No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you. — George Matthew Adams
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by… — Henry Adams
Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her. — Jack Adams
A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her. — Max Beerbohm
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of… — Carol Bellamy
There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be… — Alfred Adler
The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average of two hundred miles a… — Buffalo Bill
I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. — Josh Billings
I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour. — Andre Agassi
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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