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Lao-Tzu quotes: One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others. One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
Lao-Tzu quotes: If you give evil nothing to oppose, then virtue will return by itself. If you give evil nothing to oppose, then virtue will return by itself.
Lao-Tzu quotes: It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him. It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The grace of Taoand divine nature (Te)are not orderedbut eternal spontaneousaction of the One The grace of Tao
and divine nature (Te)
are not ordered
but eternal spontaneous
action of the One
Lao-Tzu quotes: When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven. When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Whoever knows what is enough Will be happy with his fate. Whoever knows what is enough Will be happy with his fate.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The pot's use comes from emptiness. The pot's use comes from emptiness.
Lao-Tzu quotes: However grand and high, would all decay. However grand and high, would all decay.
Lao-Tzu quotes: As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it. As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Lao-Tzu quotes: 262."Be square but do not cut; be sharp but do not stab; be straight forward but do not unrestrained; be bright but do not dazzle. 262."Be square but do not cut; be sharp but do not stab; be straight forward but do not unrestrained; be bright but do not dazzle.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper place), indifferent to them. Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper place), indifferent to them.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it.
Lao-Tzu quotes: From caring comes courage. From caring comes courage.
Lao-Tzu quotes: 155. The secret waits for eyes unclouded by longing. 155. The secret waits for eyes unclouded by longing.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling. The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao-Tzu quotes: To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day. To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day.
Lao-Tzu quotes: There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment. There is
a time to live
and a time to die
but never to reject the moment.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised? Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
Lao-Tzu quotes: The skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what he has bound will be impossible. The skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what he has bound will be impossible.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The wise person acts but does not take credit. Leads, but does not rule. The wise person acts but does not take credit. Leads, but does not rule.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who speaks does not know; he who knows does not speak He who speaks does not know; he who knows does not speak
Lao-Tzu quotes: Our enemies are not demons, but human beings like ourselves Our enemies are not demons, but human beings like ourselves
Lao-Tzu quotes: Every step is on the path. Every step is on the path.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
Lao-Tzu quotes: When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe. When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe.
Lao-Tzu quotes: When I let go of who I am, I become who I might be. When I let go of who I am, I become who I might be.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who has little can only gain, but gain too much and the way will be lost. He who has little can only gain, but gain too much and the way will be lost.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The way is easy stay on the path. The way is easy stay on the path.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here. Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
Lao-Tzu quotes: When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself
Lao-Tzu quotes: Having to live on, one knows better than to value life too much. Having to live on, one knows better than to value life too much.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Boasting of wealth and virtue brings your demise. Boasting of wealth and virtue brings your demise.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Only when the state is in disorder is there a need for patriotism. Only when the state is in disorder is there a need for patriotism.
Lao-Tzu quotes: How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
Lao-Tzu quotes: At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He will strike the blow, but will be on his guard against being vain or boastful or arrogant in consequence of it. He will strike the blow, but will be on his guard against being vain or boastful or arrogant in consequence of it.
Lao-Tzu quotes: It produces them and makes no claim to the possession of them; It produces them and makes no claim to the possession of them;
Lao-Tzu quotes: The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them). The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them).
Lao-Tzu quotes: When a person puts on a show, trying to appear great, their mediocrity is soon exposed. When a person puts on a show, trying to appear great, their mediocrity is soon exposed.
Lao-Tzu quotes: With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description; and hence we blend them together and obtain The One. With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description; and hence we blend them together and obtain The One.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who overcomes himself is mighty. He who overcomes himself is mighty.
Lao-Tzu quotes: A bad man is a good man's job A bad man is a good man's job
Lao-Tzu quotes: unpretentious like wood that has not been fashioned into anything; unpretentious like wood that has not been fashioned into anything;
Lao-Tzu quotes: When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue. When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue.
Lao-Tzu quotes: In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next age they loved them and praised them.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Heaven which by it is bright and pure; Heaven which by it is bright and pure;
Lao-Tzu quotes: that of the mind is in abysmal stillness; that of the mind is in abysmal stillness;
Lao-Tzu quotes: The soft overcomes the hard; and the weak the strong. The soft overcomes the hard; and the weak the strong.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The more people have weapons, the more the state is in confusion. The more people have weapons, the more the state is in confusion.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite. The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect. Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found. Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Possessing rare treasures brings about harmful behavior. Possessing rare treasures brings about harmful behavior.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech. Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Become totally emptyQuiet the restlessness of the mindOnly then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness Become totally empty
Quiet the restlessness of the mind
Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who talks more is sooner exhausted. He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
Lao-Tzu quotes: A skillful soldier is not violent, an able fighter does not rage, a mighty conqueror does not give battle, a great commander is a humble man A skillful soldier is not violent, an able fighter does not rage, a mighty conqueror does not give battle, a great commander is a humble man
Lao-Tzu quotes: A sage traveling all dayis never far from the supplies in his cart,and however spectacular the viewshe remains calm and composed. A sage traveling all day
is never far from the supplies in his cart,
and however spectacular the views
he remains calm and composed.
Lao-Tzu quotes: To see things in the seed, that is genius. To see things in the seed, that is genius.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Used gently, and without the touch of pain. Used gently, and without the touch of pain.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good. Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Lao-Tzu quotes: When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Something can be beautiful, if something else is ugly.Someone can be good, if someone else is bad. Something can be beautiful, if something else is ugly.
Someone can be good, if someone else is bad.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves! Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!
Lao-Tzu quotes: What others fear becomes our wilderness of fear. O, it is endless! What others fear becomes our wilderness of fear. O, it is endless!
Lao-Tzu quotes: The ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches their return. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches their return.
Lao-Tzu quotes: From self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; From self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged;
Lao-Tzu quotes: The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
Lao-Tzu quotes: To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay. To bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Too many words cause exhaustion[In the mind or from the mouth]Better to abide in stillness Too many words cause exhaustion
[In the mind or from the mouth]
Better to abide in stillness
Lao-Tzu quotes: Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear. Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.
Lao-Tzu quotes: There is nothing like moderation. There is nothing like moderation.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The ancients were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive. The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable. Because it is unfathomable, The ancients were subtle, mysterious, profound, responsive. The depth of their knowledge is unfathomable. Because it is unfathomable,
Lao-Tzu quotes: The door and windows are cut out (from the walls) to form an apartment; but it is on the empty space (within), that its use depends. The door and windows are cut out (from the walls) to form an apartment; but it is on the empty space (within), that its use depends.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted. He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.
Lao-Tzu quotes: The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends.
Lao-Tzu quotes: There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is no greater disaster than greed. There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is no greater disaster than greed.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency. Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Nature does not play favourites, it regards its creations without sentimentality. Therefore the wise person also acts in this way. Nature does not play favourites, it regards its creations without sentimentality. Therefore the wise person also acts in this way.
Lao-Tzu quotes: What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly. What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
Lao-Tzu quotes: In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Peace is our original state Peace is our original state
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it. He who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who goes on acting with energy has a (firm) will. He who goes on acting with energy has a (firm) will.
Lao-Tzu quotes: A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
Lao-Tzu quotes: And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him. And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Having arrived at this point of non-action, there is nothing which he does not do. Having arrived at this point of non-action, there is nothing which he does not do.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes. Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes.
Lao-Tzu quotes: If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession. If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.
Lao-Tzu quotes: He who asserts his own views is not distinguished; He who asserts his own views is not distinguished;
Lao-Tzu quotes: The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil. The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.
Lao-Tzu quotes: To Know others is perceptive,to know yourself is wise.To conquer others is forceful,to conquer yourself is strong. To Know others is perceptive,
to know yourself is wise.
To conquer others is forceful,
to conquer yourself is strong.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Seeing our own smallness is called insight, honoring our own tenderness is called strenght. Seeing our own smallness is called insight, honoring our own tenderness is called strenght.
Lao-Tzu quotes: Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

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