Lao Tzu Quotes
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Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!
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Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.
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The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of those who are not. When you extend your virtue in all directions without discriminating, you feet are firmly planted on the path that returns to the Tao.
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The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.
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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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The master understands that the universe is forever out of control.
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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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Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.
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Let muddy water stand and it will become clear.
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Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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The way is light and fluid for the man with no preferences.
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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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Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?
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Meet the difficult while it is easy.
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A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.
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Health is the greatest possession.
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By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal.
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When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.
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There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.