When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
LAOZIWhat is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you do not remember this, You will get lost, No matter how intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
More Laozi Quotes
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Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
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The transformation toward eternal life is gradual. The heavy gross energy of body, mind, and spirit must first be purified and uplifted. When the energy ascends… then self mastery can be sought.
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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.
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From caring comes courage.
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Be as the still mountain; Move like the great river.
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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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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Return animosity with virtue.
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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
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Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Simplicity 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.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.
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