Lao Tzu Quotes
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The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.
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People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.
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Use the Light that dwells within you to regain your natural clarity of sight.
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To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!
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The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.
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A good speaker does not stutter.
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The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.
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Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it.
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Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.
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The Way is the source of all things, good people's treasure and bad people's refuge.
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When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.
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Harmony is called the eternal. Knowing the eternal is called clarity.
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The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.
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Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying injury with kindness, effecting difficult things while they are easy, and managing great things in their beginnings; this is the method of Tao.
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Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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The truest sayings are paradoxical.
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I do not act, and people become reformed by themselves.
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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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It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.
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The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
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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.
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. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this, her very existence benefits all things.