Laozi Quotes

Being is born of not being.

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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man.

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If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

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Do you think you can make the world a better place? I do not think you can. It is already perfect.

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He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

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By following this simple path, you become extraordinary, unfathomable, a being of profound cosmic subtlety. You outlive time and space by realizing the subtle truth of the universe.

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A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

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He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.

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How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

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A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth. A journey of a thousand miles starts in front of your feet.

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Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.

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When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally.

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The one who is filled by virtue is like a newborn baby.

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Knowing that we don't know it's humility; thinking that we know what we don't know, is sickness.

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Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well. {But spiritual insight transcends death.}

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Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.

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The sage is sharp but does not cut, pointed but does not pierce, forthright but does not offend, bright but does not dazzle.

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Since before time and space were, the Tao is. It is beyond is and is not.

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Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and names, before heaven and earth, before the ten thousand things. It is the unlimited father and mother of all limited things. Therefore, to see beyond boundaries to the subtle heart of things, dispense with names, with concepts, with expectations and ambitions and differences. Tao and its many manifestations arise from the same source: subtle wonder within mysterious darkness. This is the beginning of all understanding.

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There is no illusion great than fear.

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