Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
LAO TZUOne who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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Act without expectation.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
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What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
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We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
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Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.
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Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.
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To know that you do not know is the best.
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The best fighter is never angry.
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A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.
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Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
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When goodness is lost there is morality.
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Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
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When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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Time is a created thing. To say I don’t have time, is like saying, I don’t want to.
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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
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Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.
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Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
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