Lao Tzu Quotes
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Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.
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Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.
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Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.
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He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.
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Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death? Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic? If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness.
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Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
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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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The farther you go, the less you know.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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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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From What-is all the world of things was born But What-is sprang in turn from What-is-not.
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The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.
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Be who you are, and go the whole way.
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The value comes from what is there, but the use comes from what is not there.
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be true. In ruling, be just. In daily life, be competent. In action, be aware of the time and the season.
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Throw away sacredness and wisdom and people will be one hundred times happier.
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Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.
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Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be rooted up. Whoever embraces the Tao will not slip away. Her name will be held in honor from generation to generation. Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine. Let it be present in your family and your family will flourish. Let it be present in your country and your country will be an example to all countries in the world. Let it be present in the universe and the universe will sing. How do I know this is true? By looking inside myself.
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People who have to fight for their living and are not afraid to die for it are higher persons than those who, stationed high, are too fat to dare to die.
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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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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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To be learned, add something each day. To be enlightened drop something each day.
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Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
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Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.