Lao Tzu Quotes
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Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
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Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
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The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.
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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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The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
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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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Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand all things? Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue.
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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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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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Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
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Not-knowing is true knowledge. Presuming to know is a disease. First realize that you are sick; then you can move toward health.
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Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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Find a teacher who is an integral being, a beacon who extends his light and virtue with equal ease to those who appreciate him and those who don't. Shape yourself in his mold, bathe in his nourishing radiance, and reflect it out to the rest of the world.
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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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The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?
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A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk.
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Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them. That is why they are able to reign over all the mountain streams.
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Those who are one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.
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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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Those who are quiet value the words. When their task is completed, people will say: We did it ourselves.
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Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.
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If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.