QUOTES by Lao Tzu
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"The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete."
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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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"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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"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."
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"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."
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
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"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."
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"The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, we did it ourselves."
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"Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven."
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"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt."
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"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."
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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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"If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants."
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"Without stirring abroad, one can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window one can see the way of heaven. The further one goes the less one knows."
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"To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect."
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"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."
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"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."
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"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve."
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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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"Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it."
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"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still"
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