Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
LAO TZUWe join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
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If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
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Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.
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If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.
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To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.
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Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.
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If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
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Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
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When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready. The teacher will Disappear.
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When there is no desire, all things are at peace.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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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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There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.
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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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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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To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
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“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.
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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
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The past has no power to stop you from being present now.
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There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.
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Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
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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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