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Laozi (Philosopher)

There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war.
— Laozi war
The universe is deathless; Is deathless because, having no finite self, it stays infinite. A sound man by not advancing himself stays the further ahead of himself, By not confining himself to himself sustains himself outside himself: By never being an end in himself he endlessly becomes himself.Ch. 7
— Laozi death
Thirty spokes unite at the single hub; It is the empty space which makes the wheel useful. Mold clay to form a bowl; It is the empty space which makes the bowl useful. Cut out windows and doors; It is the empty space which makes the room useful.Ch. 11
— Laozi sin
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. Fail to honor people, They fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, We did this ourselves.Ch. 17
— Laozi people
Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, take it and practice it earnestly. Scholars of the middle class, when they hear of it, take it half earnestly. Scholars of the lowest class, when they hear of it, laugh at it. Without the laughter, there would be no Tao.Ch. 41
— Laozi laughter
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.Ch. 57 Variant translation: The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be.
— Laozi people
I am not at all interested in immortality, only in the taste of tea.From Lu Tong also spelled as Lu Tung
— Laozi immortality
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.This quotation has been misattributed to Laozi; its origin is actually unknown. This quotation has also been misattributed to Confucius and Guan Zhong.
— Laozi life
This quotation has been misattributed to Laozi; its origin is actually unknown. This quotation has also been misattributed to Confucius and Guan Zhong.
— Laozi
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.Attributed to Laozi in self-help books and on social media, this quotation is of unknown origin and date.
— Laozi love
Attributed to Laozi in self-help books and on social media, this quotation is of unknown origin and date.
— Laozi books
When the center does not hold, the circle falls apart.This is a paraphrase of lines in The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats.
— Laozi art
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.This quotations origin is actually unknown, however it is not found in the Dao De Jing.生命是一连串的自发的自然变化。逆流而动只会徒增伤悲。接受现实，万物自然循着规律发展。
— Laozi life
This quotations origin is actually unknown, however it is not found in the Dao De Jing.生命是一连串的自发的自然变化。逆流而动只会徒增伤悲。接受现实，万物自然循着规律发展。
— Laozi
Translations in more than twenty-one languages: On-line Tao Te King Original Chinese text with translations, including side-by-side comparison of two or four translations. Navigation in English or in German.
— Laozi language
Translations in English Waley, Lau, French Julien, German Wilhelm and modern Chinese: On-line Daodejing Original Chinese text arrayed with translations.
— Laozi man
Illustrated Translations in English by multiple authors: TaoTeChingMe.com - translations and interpretations
— Laozi author
An Informal online interpolation by Ron Hogan is available in several formats at Beatrice.com: Tao Te Ching. An iPod formatted version of this translation is available at SwiftlyTilting.com: The Tao Te Ching for your iPod
— Laozi you
Translation by Sonja Elen Kisa: On-line Tao Te Ching selected poems going by the name The Flow and the Power of Good
— Laozi power
Translation from the City University of Hong Kong: On-line Tao Te Ching. Classical and Vernacular Chinese, and English.
— Laozi city
老子 Lǎozĭ 道德經 Dàodéjīng - 拼音 Pīnyīn+王弼 WángBì+馬王堆 Mǎwángduī+郭店 Guōdiàn+大一生水 Tàiyī Shēngshǔi
— Laozi
A plain English online interpolation of Chapters 1–37 Tao by the Universal Dialectic Institute: Tao: The Way of Nature
— Laozi nature
Comparison Chart Chinese characters with PinYin spellings of the Wang Bi, HeShang Gong, Mawangdui A and B, Guodian texts.
— Laozi art
Bamboo slips of the Guodian text Photographs of the Guodian Bamboo Slips with modern equivalents of the Chinese characters, PinYin and Wade Giles spellings, and English definitions.
— Laozi character
A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
— Laozi travel
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
— Laozi self

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