The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
LAO TZUIf you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
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When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.
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Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
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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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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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New Beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
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When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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When goodness is lost there is morality.
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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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Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.
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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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Act without expectation.
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Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
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If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
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If you want to know me, Look inside your heart.
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Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self. When we don’t see the self as self, what do we have to fear?
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Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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