Lao Tzu Quotes
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Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?
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Simple, like uncarved wood.
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Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.
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He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world.
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By moderation one can be generous.
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For one gains by losing And loses by gaining.
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Develop the strength of a man, but live as gently as a woman.
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Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.
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For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
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Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating, receiving rather than broadcasting, loving rather than fighting.
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The great Way is very straight, but people prefer to deviate.
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To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.
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If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.
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Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like the female throughout the world, who by quiescence always overcomes the male. And quiescence is a form of humility.
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By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever.
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The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.