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.
LAOZIIf you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
More Laozi Quotes
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Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
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Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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To lead, one must follow.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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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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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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