Lao Tzu Quotes



      “Great acts are made up of small deeds.
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      “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” 
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      “A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” 
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      “Silence is a source of great strength.
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      “Health is the greatest possession. Conten tment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
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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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      “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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      “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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      “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
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      “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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       “Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
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       “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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     “Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
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      “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
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      “Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
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       “He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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      “At the centre of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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       “A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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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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      “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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      “He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.
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       “If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
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      “To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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       “The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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      “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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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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       “He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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         “Those who have knowledge don't predict. Those who predict don't have knowledge.
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       “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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       “Because of a great love, one is courageous.
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       “Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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       “For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimension.
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       “The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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       “To lead people walk behind them.
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      “Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
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      “To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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       “The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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       “Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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      “From caring comes courage.
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      “The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
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