The ego is entranced by … names and ideas… However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise to ignore them. Those who live inside their egos are continually bewildered.
LAOZIWhen you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.
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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.
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The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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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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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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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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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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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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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Wear down to be renewed.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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To know you have enough is to be rich.
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The sage acts by doing nothing.
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An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
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The farther you go, the less you know.
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