Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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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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To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.
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Can you open and close the gate of Heaven and act like a woman?
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Wear down to be renewed.
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When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city.
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The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.
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The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.
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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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Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.
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The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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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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Praise and disgrace cause fear.
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The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
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The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial; they abide with realities, they do not remain with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.
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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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Kindness in words creates confidence.
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What is well planted will not be uprooted.
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The brittle is easy to shatter.
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If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.
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There is no greater fault than sensual indulgence. There is no greater misfortune than malcontent. There is no greater calamity than greed.
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.