Health is the greatest possession.
LAOZIIf you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
More Laozi Quotes
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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The Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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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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That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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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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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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