Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that fairness and virtue are essential for receiving good fortune in life.
This quote by Laozi expresses a fundamental belief in moral integrity and the idea that advantageous circumstances are bestowed upon those who cultivate goodness and righteousness. It implies that the universe, or 'Heaven's Way', is impartial and rewards only those who are just and virtuous, emphasizing a moral framework where true benefits in life are tied to one's character and actions.
In practice
During a motivational speech about ethics in business.
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.
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.
The future of the world depends on how well we meet it.
The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other thing that pertains to the body it partakes of the nature of the divine.
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.
Life begins on the other side of despair.
I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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