The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
Interpretation
A virtuous person embodies purity and simplicity, akin to the innocence of a newborn.
This quote by Laozi suggests that a person who possesses virtue is characterized by a state of purity and simplicity, much like a newborn baby. Just as infants are free from the complexities and corruptions of the world, a virtuous individual retains a sense of innocence and clarity in their character, allowing them to navigate life with genuine authenticity and moral integrity.
In practice
During a speech about moral character, one might say, 'As Laozi said, the one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby, reminding us of the importance of purity in our intentions.'
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.
Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already possess. Vocation does not come from a voice �out there� calling me to be something I am not. It comes from a voice �in here� calling me to be the person I was born to be, to fulfill the original selfhood given me at birth by God.
Only the suppressed word is dangerous.
I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise.
Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored.
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then - to learn.
A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, andit couldnt concieve what it hasnt experienced
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