Lao Tzu Quotes
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Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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That so few understand me is why I am treasured.
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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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When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly. If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.
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Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile.
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I alone am different from the others, because I am nourished by the great mother.
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The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
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Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.
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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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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
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Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing. To be all-embracing leads to righteousness, which is majestic.
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Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and so on. Those who become entangled in these false ideas are prevented from perceiving the Integral Oneness.
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When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.
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The unyielding army will not win.
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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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I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.
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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.
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Those who show off do not shine.
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He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.