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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Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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The brittle is easy to shatter.
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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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Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.
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Kindness in words creates confidence.
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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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The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.
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The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
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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 one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
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The more laws and restrictions there are, The poorer people become. The sharper men's weapons, The more trouble in the land.
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Praise and disgrace cause fear.
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The truly wise are content to be last. They are, therefore, first. They are indifferent to themselves. They are, therefore self-confident.
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).
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The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.
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Wear down to be renewed.
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Those who have hardened, have a covenant with Death. Those who remain gentle are conjoined with Life.
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What is well planted will not be uprooted.
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The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.