When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power or virtue. It is something within a person, and it is enhanced by following the Tao, or 'that from which nothing can deviate'.
Interpretation
True virtue doesn't seek recognition; it resides within and grows through alignment with the natural way of life.
This quote by Laozi emphasizes the concept of Te, which refers to an innate virtue or power that comes from within a person. It suggests that genuine accomplishments or virtues do not need to be acknowledged or claimed externally; instead, they flourish when one follows the Tao, the natural and unchanging path of life. The essence of this teaching is that true strength and virtue are about being in harmony with the world rather than seeking praise or recognition.
In practice
During a motivational seminar focused on personal development.
If you understand others you are smart._x000D_ If you understand yourself you are illuminated._x000D_ If you overcome others you are powerful._x000D_ If you overcome yourself you have strength._x000D_ If you know how to be satisfied you are rich._x000D_ If you can act with vigor, you have a will._x000D_ If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting._x000D_ If you die without loss, you are eternal.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a whole.
I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.
All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind
When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.
Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.
But theological change happens though selective quoting. Every religious person does it: You quote those verses that resonate with your own religious insights and ignore or reinterpret those that undermine your certainties. Selective quoting isn't just legitimate, but essential: Religions evolve through shifts in selective quoting.
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