Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
LAOZISee others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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 tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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What resists, persists.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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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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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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…the more you talk of it, the less you understand.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Heavy is the root of light.
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Instead 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.
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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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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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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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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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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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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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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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