Watch your thoughts, they become words.
LAOZIA tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
More Laozi Quotes
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The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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The light of the Way seems dim.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.
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A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.
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