“Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining.”
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“The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.”
“Make the small big and the few many.”
Source: Tao te ching: a literal translation with an introduction, notes, and commentary
“Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.”
“Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.”
“The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.”
“Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?”
“Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.”
“The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.”
“The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.”
“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.”
Source: Daodejing: A Literal-critical Translation
“Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.”
“He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.”
“The sage does not act and therefore does not fail, does not seize and therefore does not lose.”
“Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.”
Source: Daodejing: The New, Highly Readable Translation of the Life-Changing Ancient Scripture Formerly Known as the Tao Te Ching
“Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts.”
“The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.”
“Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.”
“Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue.”
“The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.”
“Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.”
“A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.”
“A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.”