“Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion.”
Source: 道德经
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Famous Laozi Quotes
“Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.”
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
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Source: Tao Te Ching
“Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.”
“Without going outside, you may know the whole world!”
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
“Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.”
“Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.”
Source: Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation
“The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.”
Source: The Daodejing of Laozi
“Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.”
“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.”
Source: Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation
“Yielding, like ice about to melt.”
Source: Dao de Jing
“Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.”
Source: Tao Te Ching
“Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.”
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
“Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.”
“Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.”
“...the more you talk of it, the less you understand.”
Source: The Tao Te Ching: Annotated Edition
“When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.”
Source: 道德经
“It is fitting for a great nation to yield.”
Source: 道德经
Source: 道德经
“In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint.”
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“The truth often sounds paradoxical.”
Source: 道德经
“In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.”
Source: The Daodejing of Laozi
“A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.”
Source: 道德经
“All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.”