Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
LAOZIThe past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
More Laozi Quotes
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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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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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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Every step is on the path.
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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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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Return animosity with virtue.
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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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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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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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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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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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Excellent warriors are not violent.
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