Lao Tzu Quotes
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If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.
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In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!
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When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.
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Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.
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First and last follow each other.
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Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.
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Every step is on the path.
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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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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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Those who stay where they are will endure.
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If people are not afraid of dying, why threaten them with death?
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Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
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Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and names, before heaven and earth, before the ten thousand things. It is the unlimited father and mother of all limited things. Therefore, to see beyond boundaries to the subtle heart of things, dispense with names, with concepts, with expectations and ambitions and differences. Tao and its many manifestations arise from the same source: subtle wonder within mysterious darkness. This is the beginning of all understanding.
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Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?
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My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.
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The truth often sounds paradoxical.
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Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.
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All things of the world are born of being; being is born of nonbeing.
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The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.
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Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in order to reflect and meditate on our inner wisdom and receive answers. A peaceful heart is one that is free from worry and rouble. It's becoming quiet so we can look at things quietly so we can more clearly understand them and thus come up with creative solutions. It is learning to live in the present. Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.
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Virtue in its grandest aspect is neither more nor less than following reason.
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Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.
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When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.
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Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who know what is enough are wealthy. Those who persevere have direction. Those who maintain their position endure. And those who die and yet do not perish, live on.