If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
LAOZIInstead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
More Laozi Quotes
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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The world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
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I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.
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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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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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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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The wise man knows without traveling.
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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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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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