"Use your light, but dim your brightness." — Laozi

"Use your light, but dim your brightness."

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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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There is something so pure and frank and noble about Him that to doubt His sincerity would be like doubting… — Charles Edward Jefferson
Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have. — Woodrow Wilson
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush… — Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
The intrinsic brightness of theSun is fully 5,000 times as great as if the whole surface were formed of the… — Robert Stawell Ball
[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of… — Bertrand Russell
Money refused loose its brightness. — George Herbert
We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen. — Rainer Maria Rilke
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. — Charles Richet
Only an empowered personality can distribute the holy name of the Lord and enjoin all fallen souls to worship Krishna.… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
I don't know what good composition is.... Sometimes for me composition has to do with a certain brightness or a… — Diane Arbus
The studious silence of the library ... Tranquil brightness. — James Joyce
Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at… — Thomas Adams

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