Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
LAO TZUWhen goodness is lost there is morality.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.
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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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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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If you want to know me, Look inside your heart.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.”
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Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
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One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
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The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on.
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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 journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
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He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Great acts are made up of small deeds.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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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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When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
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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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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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By letting go it all gets done.
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Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
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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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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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