Lao Tzu Quotes
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Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature.
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The one who rules like the mother lasts long.
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If I have just an ounce of sense, I follow the great Way, and fear only to stray from it.
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The superior student listens to the Way and follows it closely. The average student listens to the Way and follows some and some not. The lesser student listens to the Way and laughs out loud. If there were no laughter it would not be the Way.
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The progress of the Way seems retreating.
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Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.
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The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.
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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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I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.
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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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Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
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When the worst student hears about the Way, he laughs out loud. If he did not laugh, it would be unworthy of being the Way.
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Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; and shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets one's heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he or she is automatically involved in fear of losing status.
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No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth.
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In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.
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Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.
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These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men.... When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.
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For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.