Lao Tzu Quotes
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Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.
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Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn't there, but you'll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
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Because of a great love, one is courageous.
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He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.
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When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.
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If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.
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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
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The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.
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Keeping plenty of gold and jade in the palace makes no one able to defend it.
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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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Those who are unswerving have resolve.
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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Can you comprehend everything in the four directions and still do nothing?
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A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
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I observe myself and I come to know others.