Lao Tzu Quotes
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The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes.
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The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness.
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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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Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?
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A good wanderer leaves no trace.
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He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue of good.
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Yielding is the way of the Tao.
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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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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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Heavy is the root of light.
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I find good people good And I find bad people good If I am good enough.
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Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.
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Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe.
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People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.
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Your name or your body, what is dearer? Your body or your wealth, what is worthier?
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With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.
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The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.
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The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.
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Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
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Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.
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Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.
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The best form of leadership is to be conscious of the leadership potential with the followers and to let them unleash this potential in a spontaneous way. When a great leader accomplishes this task with effortless ease, the followers say, "We did it ourselves."
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The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.
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Those who know do not speak; Those who speak do not know. Stop up the openings, Close down the doors, Rub off the sharp edges. Unravel all confusion. Harmonize the light, Give up contention: This is called finding the unity of life.