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Truly, only acting without thought of one’s life is superior to valuing one’s life (Laozi Quotes)
All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry (Laozi Quotes)
The hard and stiff are death’s companions. The soft and weak are life’s companions (Laozi Quotes)
The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower (Laozi Quotes)
Your name or your body, what is dearer? Your body or your wealth, what is worthier? (Laozi Quotes)
Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler’s tools. He only uses them when he can’t avoid it (Laozi Quotes)
Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world (Laozi Quotes)
When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals (Laozi Quotes)
The fish cannot leave the deep waters. The state’s weaponry should not be displayed (Laozi Quotes)
Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion (Laozi Quotes)
Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot (Laozi Quotes)
No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure (Laozi Quotes)
The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end (Laozi Quotes)
The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries (Laozi Quotes)
The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent non aggressiveness (Laozi Quotes)
... the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment (Laozi Quotes)
Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth (Laozi Quotes)
Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken (Laozi Quotes)
Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life (Laozi Quotes)
Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small (Laozi Quotes)
{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one’s talent, resources, and life to the world (Laozi Quotes)
... integral wisdom involves a direct participation in every moment: the observer and the observed are dissolved in the light of pure awareness, and no mental concepts or attitudes are present to dim that light (Laozi Quotes)
Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things (Laozi Quotes)
By following this simple path, you become extraordinary, unfathomable, a being of profound cosmic subtlety. You outlive time and space by realizing the subtle truth of the universe (Laozi Quotes)
First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world (Laozi Quotes)
Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing... Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not (Laozi Quotes)
... learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm (Laozi Quotes)
The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial: they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold (Laozi Quotes)
Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure (Laozi Quotes)
Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving (Laozi Quotes)