Lao Tzu Quotes
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The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.
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Stay at the center and let all things take their course.
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The noble must make humility his root.
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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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Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.
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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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The unyielding army will not win.
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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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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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Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.
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There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.
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Yielding is the manner of the Way.
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Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.
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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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If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them. That is why they are able to reign over all the mountain streams.
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Empty your mind of all thoughts.
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Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.
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To rule by knowledge ravages the country.
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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.