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Famous Laozi Quotes
“The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.”
“The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be.”
“Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.”
“Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.”
“When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.”
“Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting.”
“Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.”
“I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.”
“People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.”
“The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge.”
“Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?”
“Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.”
“Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.”
“If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?”
“Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.”
“Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?”
“The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be.”
“When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.”
“People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.”