Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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Quotes by Lao Tzu
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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.
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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.
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Silence is a source of great strength.
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.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
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