"Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who……" — Laozi
"Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world."
—
Laozi
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
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…
See all 1,065 quotes by Laozi »
More Cannot Reach Quotes
This quote is filed under Cannot Reach Quotes,
one of 45 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but…
— Watchman Nee
-
Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.
— Sol LeWitt
-
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
— Edmund Spenser
-
It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time…
— Gerard Manley Hopkins
-
Gaia's main problems are not industrialization, ozone depletion, overpopulation, or resource depletion. Gaia's main problem is the lack of mutual…
— Ken Wilber
-
Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.
— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
-
Even originally well-defined pencils of cathode rays from the Sun cannot reach the Earth. For Birkeland's theories to be correct,…
— Arthur Schuster
-
When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.
— Anthony de Mello
-
We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where…
— William H. Seward
-
If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great…
— Leonardo da Vinci
-
Afflictions, like bills and pikes, make a terrible show when they cannot reach us; but the temptations of prosperity, like…
— George Downame
-
There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.
— Kate Seredy
See all 45 Cannot Reach Quotes »