Lao Tzu Quotes
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Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.
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Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied.
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He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.
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When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.
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The brittle is easy to shatter.
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What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work in accordance with the whole A man's life brings nothing unless he lives in accordance with the whole universe Playing one's part in accordance with the universe is true humility So whether you're a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path If you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours.
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The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete.
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A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.
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Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way.
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Praise and disgrace cause fear.
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Human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless.
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Those who show off do not shine.
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Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity.
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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.
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I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.
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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.
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A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).