Lao Tzu Quotes
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Use the light to return to clarity.
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When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.
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What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.
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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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What's the difference between yes and no?
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If you would take, you must first give.
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If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
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He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.
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Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.
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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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You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.
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The sage knows without traveling, perceives without looking, completes without acting.
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Stay at the center and let all things take their course.
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Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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Human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless.
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When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.
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The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.
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He who stands on tiptoe doesn't stand firm. He who rushes ahead doesn't go far. He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't know who he really is. He who has power over others can't empower himself. He who clings to his work will create nothing that endures.
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It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.
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No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.
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A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.
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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.