The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
LAOZIThe past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
LAOZIQuarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
LAOZIHeavy is the root of light.
LAOZIHappiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
LAOZIA scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
LAOZIThe more laws that are written, the more criminals are produced.
LAOZITake [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.
LAOZIHe 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.
LAOZIIf you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
LAOZIAll action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
LAOZIRule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
LAOZIBe careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
LAOZISome lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
LAOZIA tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
LAOZIBecome totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
LAOZIThe Master doesn’t seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.
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