Lao Tzu Quotes
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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.
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That which is achieved the most, still has the whole of its future yet to be achieved.
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Develop the strength of a man, but live as gently as a woman.
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My words are easy to understand and easy to perform, Yet no man under heaven knows them or practices them.
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The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.
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Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.
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Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light.
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A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk.
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If you want everything, you first have to give everything up.
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The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous judgments, which are usually based on someone else's foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a highly selective memory system.
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By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule.
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Those who boast are not respected.
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If you worry more for others' beliefs, then you will be their slave.
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Being is born of not being.
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Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.
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Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining.
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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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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.
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All action begins in rest... This is the ultimate truth.
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Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
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The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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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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He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.