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.
LAOZIA leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
More Laozi Quotes
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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.
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When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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Wear down to be renewed.
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Meet the big while it is small.
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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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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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Meandering leads to perfection.
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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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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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Return animosity with virtue.
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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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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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