Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
LAOZIMeet the difficult while it is easy.
More Laozi Quotes
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When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
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With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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The more weapons of violence, the more misery to mankind. The triumph of violence ends in a festival of mourning.
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Meandering leads to perfection.
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The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.
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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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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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. . . 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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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.
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The wise man knows without traveling.
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Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.
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Return animosity with virtue.
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Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose
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