Lao Tzu Quotes
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Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.
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The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase.
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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.
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(The Tao) is always present and always available. . . . If you are willing to be lived by it, you will see it everywhere, even in the most ordinary things.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.
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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.
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The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete.
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A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task.
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Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.
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The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.
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Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.
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. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.
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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.
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Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness.
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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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Attending fully and becoming supple, Can you be as a newborn babe?
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To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on.
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A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.
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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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Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.