Lao Tzu Quotes
The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.
Lao Tzu
Quotes to Explore
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Lots of things were there [in the seventies], in the social experience, but not quite named, lurking like a stranger on the edge of the playground.
Quentin S. Crisp
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To become romantic artists, we must pierce the armor that hides our hearts, and the piercing is not comfortable.
Marianne Williamson
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The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.
Baltasar Gracian
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When you can look at failure and say, 'What is the worst case scenario,' it's not as bad as it seems.
Whitney Wolfe Herd
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A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.
Epictetus
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In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient.
William James
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The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.
Lao Tzu
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Every one of us is a mystic. We may or may not realize it, we may not even like it. But whether we know it or not, whether we accept it or not, mystical experience is always there, inviting us on a journey of ultimate discovery. We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and wisdom. Existence is a summons to the eternal journey of the sage - the sage we all are, if only we could see.
Wayne Teasdale
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One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.
Hannah Szenes
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Tourism provides employment to the poorest of the poor. Gram seller earns something, auto-rickshaw driver earns something, pakoda seller earns something, and tea seller also earns something.
Narendra Modi
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The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.
Lao Tzu