Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.
LAO TZURespond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
More Lao Tzu Quotes
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He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.”
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Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.
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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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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.
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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.
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Silence is a source of Great Strength.
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One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.
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Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.
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The best fighter is never angry.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose.
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Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
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Love is a decision – not an emotion!
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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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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Just remain in the center; watching. And then forget that you are there.
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“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
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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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One accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
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Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
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