Lao Tzu Quotes
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Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.
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Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend.
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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
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Can you gather your vital breath and yet be tender like a newborn baby?
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A climb of eight hundred feet starts where the foot stands.
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When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao.
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The most able seems clumsy.
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Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.
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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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When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.
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The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.
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A good counter needs no calculator.
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Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.
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The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
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Deal with the small before it becomes large.
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The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you will ruin it. If you try to own it you will lose it.