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The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth (Laozi Quotes)
They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another (Laozi Quotes)
Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile (Laozi Quotes)
If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow them from behind (Laozi Quotes)
See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world (Laozi Quotes)
I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world (Laozi Quotes)
The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others (Laozi Quotes)
The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind (Laozi Quotes)
Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it (Laozi Quotes)
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty (Laozi Quotes)
Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them? (Laozi Quotes)
Being a model to the world, eternal virtue will never falter in you, and you return to the boundless (Laozi Quotes)
When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head (Laozi Quotes)
Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one’s fate. Returning to one’s fate is eternal (Laozi Quotes)
Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves (Laozi Quotes)
If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare? (Laozi Quotes)
A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world’s meeting ground, the world’s female (Laozi Quotes)
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it (Laozi Quotes)
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves (Laozi Quotes)
When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him (Laozi Quotes)
To bear the country’s disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country’s misfortunes is to be the king of the world (Laozi Quotes)
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised (Laozi Quotes)
As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough (Laozi Quotes)
When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving (Laozi Quotes)
If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country (Laozi Quotes)
A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield (Laozi Quotes)
To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths (Laozi Quotes)
People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern (Laozi Quotes)
We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from birth to death are also three out of ten. Why is that so? Because they want to make too much of life (Laozi Quotes)
People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly (Laozi Quotes)