Lao Tzu Quotes
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Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
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Great acts are made up of small deeds.
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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.
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He who is contented is rich.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
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Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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Because of a great love, one is courageous.
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
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From caring comes courage.
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From wonder into wonder existence opens.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
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Be the chief but never the lord.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
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To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
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To lead people walk behind them.
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To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
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I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any.
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Nature is not human hearted.
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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Silence is a source of great strength.
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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