It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend. Laozi More Quotes by Laozi More Quotes From Laozi As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough. Laozi taoism enough names The more sharp weapons people have in a country, the bigger the disorder will be. Laozi taoism country people When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving. Laozi taoism government people If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country. Laozi taoism yield country 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 yield country people To rule by knowledge ravages the country. Laozi taoism country To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths. Laozi taoism compassion brave When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends. Laozi taoism authority people Do not make them (people) weary at their work. If you do not make them weary, they will not be weary of you. Laozi weary taoism people People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern. Laozi taoism too-much people Those who die without being forgotten get longevity. Laozi longevity taoism forgotten We go from birth to death. Three out of ten follow life. Three out of ten follow death. People who rush from birth to death are also three out of ten. Why is that so? Because they want to make too much of life. Laozi taoism three people Filling life exceedingly is called ominous. Laozi ominous filling taoism There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a master carpenter. Of those who try to carve wood like a master carpenter, there are few who do not injure their hands. Laozi taoism trying hands People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly. Laozi taoism too-much people Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life. Laozi taoism acting life-is People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff. Laozi taoism weak people The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions. Laozi taoism companion weak Let people take death seriously, and not travel far. Laozi taoism people Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life. Laozi disciple gentle life
