. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
LAOZINot all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
More Laozi Quotes
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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The great image lacks shape.
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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.
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The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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