Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.
LAO TZUMen are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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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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Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.
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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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We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
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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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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
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The best fighter is never angry.
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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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Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
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New Beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
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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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