Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
LAO TZULife is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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By letting go it all gets done.
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To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
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Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.
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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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Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.
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What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
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There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.
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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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A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
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Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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Great acts are made up of small deeds.
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The Way to do is to be.
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