many historians contend that Laozi actually lived in the 4th century BC, which was the period of Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Period, while others contend he was a mythical figure. Laozi was credited with
Lao TzuWhen the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue.
Lao TzuWhen things (in the vegetable world) have displayed their luxuriant growth, we see each of them return to its root.
Lao TzuWe should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others.
Lao TzuThe thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends.
Lao TzuThe door and windows are cut out (from the walls) to form an apartment; but it is on the empty space (within), that its use depends.
Lao TzuThis returning to their root is what we call the state of stillness; and that stillness may be called a reporting that they have fulfilled their appointed end.
Lao TzuThen appeared wisdom and shrewdness, and there ensued great hypocrisy.
Lao TzuTherefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be entrusted with it.
Lao TzuTherefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved.
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