Laozi Quotes, Tao Te Ching Quotes, Desire Quotes

Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

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Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves.

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The good leader carries water for his people.

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Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.

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Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.

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Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.

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Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.

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The great image lacks shape.

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A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).

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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

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The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self reliant people will be.

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Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.

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Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know. Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity. Be like the Tao. It can't be approached or withdrawn from, benefited or harmed, honored or brought into disgrace. It gives itself up continually. That is why it endures.

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We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

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Knowing the future is the flower of the Way, and the beginning of folly.

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To see things in the seed, that is genius.

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Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

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A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.

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If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace.

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