Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
LAOZIBe 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.
More Laozi Quotes
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Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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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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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Wear down to be renewed.
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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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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Make the small big and the few many.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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The great image lacks shape.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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To lead, one must follow.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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