Laozi Quotes

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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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• ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.

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  Gratitude, Humility, Courtesy

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

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  Believe, Needs, Convince

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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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  Life, Happiness, Spiritual

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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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• New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

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  Cancer, New Beginnings, Hard Times

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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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  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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• The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.

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  Helping Others, Generosity, Doe

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• When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Letting Go

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• Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.

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  Encouraging, Positivity, Water

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• The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things because they don't look for recognition. Their wisdom is contained in what they are, not their opinions. They refuse to argue, so no-one argues with them.

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  Relationship, Wise, Spiritual

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• Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

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  Perfection, Taoism, Imperfect

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• If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Past Present Future, Anxiety Depression

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• The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

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  Teacher, People, Needs

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• Be still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity

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  Inspirational, Secret, Eternity

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• Sometimes gain comes from losing, and sometimes loss comes from gaining.

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  Loss, Taoism, Gains

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• If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.

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  Spiritual, Helping Others, Looks

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• Make your heart like a lake, with calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.

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  Inspirational, Kindness, Heart

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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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• Strong winds do not last all morning, hard rains do not last all day.

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  Strong, Morning, Rain

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• The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Truth

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• To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

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  Book, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, True Words

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• When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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