The farther you go, the less you know.
LAOZIEmpty 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.
More Laozi Quotes
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In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
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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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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
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If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?
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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.
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If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
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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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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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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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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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What 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.
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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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