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Let people return to making k...

Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.

Laozi 1311 quotes

Know honor, Yet keep humility...

Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.

Laozi 1311 quotes

The leader is best, When peop...

The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand in fear, Worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, The people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Laozi 1311 quotes

Clay is fashioned into vessel...

Clay is fashioned into vessels; it is on their empty hollowness that their use depends. Doors and windows are cut out to make a dwelling, and on the empty space within, its use depends. Thus, while the existence of things may be good, it is the non-existence in them that makes them serviceable.

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Though (the Tao) is uncreated...

Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.

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The whole world says that my ...

The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

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Why are the people rebellious...

Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious.

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When taxes are too high, peop...

When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.

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The Tao is always at ease. It...

The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through.

Laozi 1311 quotes

To be worn out is to be renew...

To be worn out is to be renewed.

Laozi 1311 quotes

What is a good man? A teacher...

What is a good man? A teacher of a bad man. What is a bad man? A good man's charge?

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He who walks on tip-toe does ...

He who walks on tip-toe does not walk on solid ground.

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We join spokes together in a ...

We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.

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Thirty spokes meet in the hub...

Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where a wheel isn't is where it's useful. Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the pots not is where it's useful. Cut doors and windows to make a room. Where the room isn't, there's room for you. So the profit in what is, is in the use of what isn't.

Laozi 1311 quotes

A journey of a thousand leagu...

A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet.

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The Tao is great. The univers...

The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers. Man follows the earth. Earth follows the universe. The universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.

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Go to the people. Learn from ...

Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.

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Yield and overcome; Bend and ...

Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.

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He who holds balance...has at...

He who holds balance...has attained the highest post in the world.

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In the Golden Age, Rulers wer...

In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

Laozi 1311 quotes

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