Watch your thoughts, they become words.
LAOZIRule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
More Laozi Quotes
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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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Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
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Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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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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Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.
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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.
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Every step is on the path.
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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them… If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.
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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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Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.
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