Meandering leads to perfection.
LAOZIQuarrel with a friend – and you are both wrong.
More Laozi Quotes
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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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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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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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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Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
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All action begins in rest… This is the ultimate truth.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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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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. . . 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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The wise man knows without traveling.
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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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Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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If you have really attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.
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Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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