Lao Tzu Quotes
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Leadership is your ability to hide your panic from others.
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Deal with the small before it becomes large.
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The usefulness of the pot lies in its emptiness.
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Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
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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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The wise person dines on something more subtle: He eats the understanding that the named was born from the unnamed, that all being flows from non-being, that the describable world emanates from an indescribable source.
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Make the small big and the few many.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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. . . Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom.
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Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.
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Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small.
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Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.
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Use the light to return to clarity.
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The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)
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Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.
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Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
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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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Stay at the center and let all things take their course.
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Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.
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The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.
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The Way of Heaven does not complete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.
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The most straight seems curved.
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Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion.