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Famous Laozi Quotes
“Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.”
“Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.”
“Between yea and nay, how much difference is there?”
“To be worn out is to be renewed.”
“Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.”
“Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.”
“All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.”
“The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.”
“Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang”
“Practice non-action. Work without doing.”
“From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.”
“Good walking leaves no track behind it.”
“Too much success is not an advantage. Do not tinkle like jade Or clatter like stone chimes.”