Lao Tzu Quotes
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If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
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If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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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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Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.
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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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He who is able to conquer others is powerful; he who is able to conquer himself is more powerful.
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A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.
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I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings in speaking of themselves use the terms "lonely," "friendless," "of small account." Is not this making humility their base?
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Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.
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Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
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Conquering the world and changing it, I do not think it can succeed.
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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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He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
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If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.
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Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.
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The Way is ever nameless.
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Can you be still and look inside?If so, then you know the truth is always available, and always responsive.
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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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To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of the world.
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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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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.