Filling all the way to the brim is not as good as halting in time.
LAOZIA good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
More Laozi Quotes
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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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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.
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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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What resists, persists.
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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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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.
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Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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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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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.
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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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Nature is not human hearted.
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One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.
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A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
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