Laozi
Philosopher
"Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right."
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Laozi
Philosopher
"Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day."
Laozi
Philosopher
"If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession."
Laozi
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"Stop thinking, and end your problems."
Laozi
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"True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true."
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"If you persist in trying to attain what is never attained (It is Tao's gift), if you persist in making effort to obtain what effort cannot get, if you persist in reasoning about what cannot be understood, you will be destroyed by the very thing you seek. To know when to stop, to know when you can get no further by your own action, this is the right beginning!"
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"Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating, receiving rather than broadcasting, loving rather than fighting."
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"Embrace simplicity. Put others first. Desire little."
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"Tao loves and nourishes all things, but does not dominate it over them."
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"The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky."
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"The Tao is told is not the Tao."
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"If you can find true contentment, it will last forever."
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"Why is the tao so valuable? Because it is everywhere, and everyone can use it. This is why those who seek will find, And those who reform will be forgiven; Why the good will be rewarded, And the thief who is cunning will escape."
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"The Tao never acts with force, yet there is nothing that it can not do."
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"The Tao principle is what happens of itself."
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"Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing."
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"See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world."
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"Loss is not as bad as wanting more."
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"Because of a great love, one is courageous."
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"Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love."
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"A good person is the bad person's teacher. A bad person is the good person's task."
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"Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!"
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"When you accurately perceive the fluidity of things, you can also begin to perceive the constancy behind them: the creative, transformative, boundless, immutable Tao."
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"Solve it before it happens. Order it before chaos emerges."
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"All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao."
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