Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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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I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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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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Excellent warriors are not violent.
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What resists, persists.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.
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The great image lacks shape.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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Loss is not as bad as wanting more.
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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.
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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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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Stop thinking, and end your problems.
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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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