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Lao Tzu
94 QuotesQuotes by Lao Tzu
"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"Because of a great love, one is courageous."
"Great acts are made up of small deeds."
"He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love."
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step."
"There is no illusion greater than fear."
"Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity."
"There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment."
"When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad."
"Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here."
"In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go."
"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."
"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."
"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use."
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip."
"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness."
"Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether a man dispassionatelySees to the core of lifeOr passionatelySees the surface,The core and the surfaceAre essentially the same,Words making them seem differentOnly to express appearance.If name be needed, wonder names them both:From wonder into wonderExistence opens."
"Because of a great love, one is courageous."