That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.
Interpretation
Absence of resistance allows for acceptance and integration in situations where openness exists.
This quote by Laozi suggests that when we stop resisting and allow things to flow naturally, we create opportunities for new experiences and ideas to enter our lives. The idea is that by not placing barriers and being open, we can find harmony and understanding in spaces that are traditionally closed off to us due to our own resistance.
In practice
During a team meeting, when discussing challenges, this quote could inspire openness to new ideas.
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.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same
I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
If we did not have a sense of who we were, how we got here, why we want to achieve something - which, on the face of it, on the logic of it, is probably not worth trying - and prove that logic wrong, then you wouldn't succeed; then you would just evaporate.
If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.
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