Lao Tzu Quotes
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Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.
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He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him.
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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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Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
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Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.
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Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.
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It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.
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Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
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Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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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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When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.
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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
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The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous judgments, which are usually based on someone else's foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a highly selective memory system.
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The Way is ever nameless.
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Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.
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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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To be learned, add something each day. To be enlightened drop something each day.
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If you want to know me, look inside your heart.
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Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
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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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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.