Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
LAOZIHe who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
More Laozi Quotes
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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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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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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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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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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.
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From caring comes courage.
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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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Excellent warriors are not violent.
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. . . 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.
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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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