He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
LAOZIHe who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
LAOZIMake your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
LAOZIThe Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. To its accomplishments it lays no claims. It loves and nourished all things, but does not lord it over them.
LAOZIIn dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
LAOZIThe more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
LAOZISimplicity 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.
LAOZIThe sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
LAOZIWatch your thoughts, they become words.
LAOZIThe Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
LAOZIMan’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
LAOZIAn integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
LAOZIHeavy is the root of light.
LAOZIEmpty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
LAOZIThe light of the Way seems dim.
LAOZISoftness 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.
LAOZITo lead, one must follow.
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