Laozi Quotes, Heart Quotes, Eye Quotes

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; and shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets one's heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he or she is automatically involved in fear of losing status.

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The great Way is all-pervading. It reaches to the left and to the right. All things depend on it with their existence. Still it demands no obedience.

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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

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My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me.

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To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder.

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The unyielding army will not win.

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Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.

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But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility, and aim only at being first. Therefore they shall surely perish.

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By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal.

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Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

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We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

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The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.

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The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.

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Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.

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Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?

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The truth often sounds paradoxical.

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The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.

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Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence.

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The longer you travel, the less you know.

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Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.

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