Lao Tzu Quotes
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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.
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A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.
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You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.
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If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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The highest benevolence acts without purpose.
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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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When the world is ruled according to the Way, the ghosts lose their power. The ghosts do not really lose their power, but it is not used to harm people.
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Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to embrace the unformed.
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When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.
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To lead, one must follow.
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Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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What is and what is not create each other.
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The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
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The progress of the Way seems retreating.
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Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!
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Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
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In work, do what you enjoy.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. - Diane Arbus By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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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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As soon as rules were made, names were given. There are already many names. One must know when it is enough.