Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
LAO TZUHope 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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Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.
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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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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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Take care with the end as you do with the beginning.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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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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Act without expectation.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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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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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
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Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.
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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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