Laozi Quotes

• One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

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  Believe, Needs, Convince

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• You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.

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  Realizing

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• The master understands that the universe is forever out of control

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  Forever, Masters, Universe

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• Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity. If you don't realize the source, you stumble in confusion and sorrow. When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, dignified as a king. Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

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  Kings, Heart, Grandmother

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• Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

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  Inspirational, Relationship, Wise

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  If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

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  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity

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  Inspirational, Secret, Eternity

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• If you never assume importance, you never lose it.

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  Assuming, Assumption, Never Assume

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• Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

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  Nature, Crazy, Idols

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• For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.

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  Add

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• Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

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  Tao Te Ching, Trying, Ruins

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• You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

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  Giving, Determine, Withholding

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• Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

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  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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  Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

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  Education, Tao Te Ching, Intelligence

  Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

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• New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

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  Cancer, New Beginnings, Hard Times

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• Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

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  Goal, Moments, Positive Future

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• Live simply and virtuously, true to your nature, drawing no line between what is spiritual and what is not.

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  Spiritual, Drawing, Lines

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of 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.

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  Life, Change, Spiritual

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• Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, Arguing

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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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  Relationship, Respect, Being Yourself

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• Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.

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  Meditation, Feel Good, Taoism

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• If there is to be peace in the world,
  There must be peace in the nations.
  If there is to be peace in the nations,
  There must be peace in the cities.
  If there is to be peace in the cities,
  There must be peace between neighbors.
  If there is to be peace between neighbors,
  There must be peace in the home.
  If there is to be peace in the home,
  There must be peace in the heart.

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  Peace, Home, Heart

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• Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

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  Serenity, Mind, Taoism

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• Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.

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  Kindness, Kind Thoughts, Kind Deeds

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