What resists, persists.
LAOZINo disaster is worse than being discontented.
More Laozi Quotes
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The great image lacks shape.
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From caring comes courage.
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The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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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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Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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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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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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