Lao Tzu Quotes
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Those who have the courage to dare will perish. Those who have the courage not to dare will live.
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The most complete seems lacking. Yet in use it is not exhausted.
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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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The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.
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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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The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril.
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Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.
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Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.
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The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.
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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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Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?
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High and low rest on each other.
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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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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the universe acts.
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The truth often sounds paradoxical.
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Those who stay where they are will endure.
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When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.