The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
LAOZIA scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
More Laozi Quotes
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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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The great image lacks shape.
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Health is the greatest possession.
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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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The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.
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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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Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.
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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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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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From caring comes courage.
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Wear down to be renewed.
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What resists, persists.
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man’s tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Return animosity with virtue.
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If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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