The sage acts by doing nothing.
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More Laozi Quotes
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Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
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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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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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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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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
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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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To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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