Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
LAOZIA good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
More Laozi Quotes
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Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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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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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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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 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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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness.
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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Excellent warriors are not violent.
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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.
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Empty 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.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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