Be 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.
LAOZIThe 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.
More Laozi Quotes
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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No disaster is worse than being discontented.
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The sage knows himself, but does not parade. He cherishes himself, but does not praise himself.
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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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Heavy is the root of light.
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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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The 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.
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The great image lacks shape.
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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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From caring comes courage.
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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.
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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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A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.
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