"The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an…" — Laozi

"The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss!"

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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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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective… — Tammy Bruce
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies… — Joseph Campbell
Poetry...the deepest abyss of infinity. — Sally-Ann Roberts
The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged… — Lewis Mumford
All things are sold: the very light of heaven is venal; earth's unsparing gifts of love, the smallest and most… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come… — Felix Dennis
If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure… — A. E. Housman
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand… — Winston Churchill
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those… — Bertolt Brecht
Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the… — Thomas Huxley

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