To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.
LAO TZUWater is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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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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When there is no desire, all things are at peace.
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Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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Great acts are made up of small deeds.
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Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
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The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.
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Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose.
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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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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.
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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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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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Act without expectation.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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