Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
LAO TZUPatient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.
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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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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.
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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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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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By letting go it all gets done.
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Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?
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One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
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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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We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now.
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The road you can talk about is not the road you can walk on.
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Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
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Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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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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Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
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Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.
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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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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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