Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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Yielding is the manner of the Way.
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Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.
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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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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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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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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not wish to display his worth.
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Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.
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The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?
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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.
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Nothing and no one in the world is valuable or worthless.
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Those who know are not learned. Those who are learned do not know.
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Quarrel with a friend - and you are both wrong.
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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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If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.
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The noble must make humility his root.
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The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.
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For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.
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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 one with deprivation are deprived of deprivation.
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Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.
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As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move, and the map to move by. We have a hundred alternatives, a thousand paths and an infinity of dreams. Hopeful, we are halfway to where we want to go; hopeless, we are lost forever.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.