Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
LAOZIKeep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
LAOZIIn 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.
LAOZIIf there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
LAOZIMake your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
LAOZIWith virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
LAOZIFrom caring comes courage.
LAOZIIn order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
LAOZIBe as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
LAOZIRule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
LAOZIHe who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
LAOZIIf people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
LAOZIThe wise man knows he doesn’t know.
LAOZIA tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
LAOZIThe 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.
LAOZITo 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.
LAOZIHeavy is the root of light.
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