The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
LAOZIThe world’s beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.
More Laozi Quotes
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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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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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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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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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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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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