Laozi

That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.

Laozi

The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don’t need him.

Laozi

The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.

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The further one goes, the less one knows.

Laozi

The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This shows the value of non-action. Teaching without words, performing without actions: that is the master’s way.

Laozi

The great way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.

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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

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The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.

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The master leads by emptying people’s minds and filling their cores, by weakening their ambition and toughening their resolve.

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