A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
LAO TZUHe who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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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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Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
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When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose.
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Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.
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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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Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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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 a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.
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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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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
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What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
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To know that you do not know is the best.
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One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
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