Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry.
LAO TZULove is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
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Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.
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Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
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If you want to know me, Look inside your heart.
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Silence is a source of Great Strength.
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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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New Beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
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Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
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A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
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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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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
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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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Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
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The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.
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As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
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If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
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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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Time is a created thing. To say I don’t have time, is like saying, I don’t want to.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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