Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
LAOZIIf you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
More Laozi Quotes
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Make the small big and the few many.
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The great image lacks shape.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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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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When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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The more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Quarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
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When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.
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The 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.
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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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When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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What resists, persists.
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