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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Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also

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Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.

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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the various creatures as straw dogs; the sage is ruthless, and treats others as straw dogs.

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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

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My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

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The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

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The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.

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When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

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The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?

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To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened.

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Those who are highly evolved, maintain an undiscriminating perception. Seeing everything, labeling nothing, they maintain their awareness of the Great Oneness. Thus they are supported by it.

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Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

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Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.

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The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)

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Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

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Lessen selfishness and restrain desires.

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Seal the openings, shut the doors, dull the sharpness, untie the knots, dim the light, become one with the dust. This is called the profound union.

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The Way is ever nameless.

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