Lao Tzu Quotes
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Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.
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Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.
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Once you arrive {at a spontaneous awareness of the Great Oneness}, remember: it isn't necessary to struggle to maintain unity with it. All you have to do is participate in it.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I also teach; verily, I will make it the root of my teaching.
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Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes.
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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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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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Peace is our natural state of being.
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The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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Use the light to return to clarity.
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The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.
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Prepare while it's easy.
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The more laws and orders are multiplied, the more theft and violence increase.
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Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.
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Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.
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Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion.
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Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.
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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.