Lao Tzu Quotes
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If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, The people will say, "We did this ourselves."
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.
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Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
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Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.
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My own words are not the medicine, but a prescription; not the destination, but a map to help you reach it. When you get there, quiet your mind and close your mouth. Don't analyze the Tao. Strive instead to live it: silently, undividedly, with your whole harmonious being.
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.
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Nature does not have to insist.
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Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.
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Hold on to the center and make up your mind to rejoice in this paradise called life.
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Yielding is the manner of the Way.
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He who is attached to things will suffer much.
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He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
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When you find the way/ others will find you./ Passing by on the road/ they will be drawn to your door./ The way that cannot be heard/ will be echoed in your voice./ The way that cannot be seen/ will be reflected in your eyes.
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Be who you are, and go the whole way.
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In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.
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The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.
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How do I know about the world? By what is within me.
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If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.
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Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.
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The unyielding army will not win.
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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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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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Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.