Lao Tzu Quotes
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So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.
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Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.
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He does not seek power - yet people follow him.
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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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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.
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It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.
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Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.
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Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?
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Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
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Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved.
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Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look out at the stars. This practice should answer the question..... The master settles her mind as the universe settles the stars in the sky. By connecting her mind with the subtle origin, she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally expands, and ultimately her mind becomes as vast and immeasurable as the night sky.
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Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
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Water does not force its way.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.
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Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself.
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Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.
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If you really want everything, then give up everything.
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The more you know the less you understand.
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Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment. Therefore these states are never achieved by those who covet them; rather, they are the reward of the virtuous.
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The surest test if a person be sane, is if she accepts life whole, as it is.
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Being is born of not being.
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Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.