If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
LAOZINever take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
More Laozi Quotes
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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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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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
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