"Wear down to be renewed." — Laozi

Wear down to be renewed. - Laozi

"Wear down to be renewed."

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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…
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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Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
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Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No… — Lance Armstrong
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear… — Desi Arnaz
This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to… — Joe Arpaio
The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the… — Mary Astell
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I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for… — Rowan Atkinson
I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones,… — Margaret Atwood
The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as… — Chinua Achebe

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