"The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only……" — Laozi
"The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes."
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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 who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
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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 sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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