Lao Tzu Quotes
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Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?
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Those who take long steps cannot keep the pace.
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Those who know when it is enough will not perish.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.
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The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.
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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.
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Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?
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The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.
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Returning to the source is stillness. It is returning to one's fate. Returning to one's fate is eternal.
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Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.
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They can see their neighbors. Roosters and dogs can be heard from there. Still, they will age and die without visiting one another.
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Heaven is eternal, earth everlasting. they endure this way because they do not live for themselves. in the same way, the wise person puts himself last, and thereby finds himself first, holds himself outside, and thereby remains at the center, abandons himself, and is thereby fulfilled.
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He who controls the past controls the future.
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Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.
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Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious self-transformation and self-evolution.
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The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This is why it is so similar to the Way.
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Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
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If you wish to become a divine immortal angel, then restore the angelic qualities of your being through virtue and service. This is the only way to gain the attention of the immortals... These angelic teachers cannot be sought out; it is they who seek out the student. When you succeed in connecting your energy with the divine realm through high awareness and the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the transmission of the ultimate subtle truths will follow.
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You should rule a great country As you would fry a small fish- With the least turning.
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Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.
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Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.