Top 500 Laozi Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “Knowledge studies others, wisdom is self known.”

— Laozi

302. “The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.”

— Laozi

303. “If people do not revere the Law of Nature It will adversely affect them. If they accept It with knowledge and reverence, It will accommodate them with balance and harmony.”

— Laozi

304. “Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.”

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305. “There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.”

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306. “The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.”

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307. “A violent wind does not last for a whole morning...”

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308. “The unyielding army will not win.”

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309. “To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

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310. “When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao.”

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311. “The truly great ones rely on substance, and not on surface, hold on to the fruit, and not to the flower.”

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312. “Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.”

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313. “He who controls the past controls the future.”

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314. “Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.”

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315. “Nature doesn’t make long speeches.”

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316. “To joy in conquest is to joy in the loss of human life.”

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317. “The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.”

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318. “He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.”

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319. “The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.”

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320. “Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”

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321. “Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.”

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322. “All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return.”

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323. “Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.”

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324. “Letting the mind control the vital breath is called force.”

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325. “That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.”

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326. “As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.”

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327. “Going forward seems like retreat...”

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328. “Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.”

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329. “Lessen selfishness and restrain desires.”

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330. “When taxes are too high, people go hungry.”

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331. “Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace.”

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332. “No weapon is sharper than will.”

— Laozi

333. “By moderation one can be generous.”

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334. “I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.”

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335. “Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.”

— Laozi

336. “Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.”

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337. “The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house is crowded; It contrives not, but the design is perfect.”

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338. “The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.”

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339. “If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”

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340. “With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.”

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341. “All things in the world are born out of being. Being is born out of non-being.”

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342. “Silence is a source of great strenght.”

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343. “If you never assume importance, you never lose it.”

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344. “The longer you travel, the less you know.”

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345. “If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, The people will say, “We did this ourselves.””

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346. “Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.”

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347. “Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw dogs.”

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348. “If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren’t led by the senses, your heart will find peace.”

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349. “Justice has long arm.”

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350. “The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.”

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