We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
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?
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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The further one goes, the less one knows.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
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If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
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Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
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The Way to do is to be.
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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
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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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Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now.
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When goodness is lost there is morality.
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Act without expectation.
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