Laozi

Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.

Laozi

Use the light that dwells within you to regain your natural clarity of sight.

Laozi

With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.

Laozi

A bad man is a good man’s job.

Laozi

A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed. A brave and calm man will always preserve life. Of these two which is good and which is harmful?

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A good person is the bad person’s teacher. A bad person is the good person’s task.

Laozi

A good speaker does not stutter.

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A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world’s meeting ground, the world’s female.

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A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield.

Laozi

A great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes it. Having realized it, he admits it. Having admitted it, he corrects it. He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers. He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts.

Laozi