Laozi Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Knives Quotes

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

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He who knows he has enough is rich.

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Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

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Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in order to reflect and meditate on our inner wisdom and receive answers. A peaceful heart is one that is free from worry and rouble. It's becoming quiet so we can look at things quietly so we can more clearly understand them and thus come up with creative solutions. It is learning to live in the present. Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.

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Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.

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To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

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Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

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The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end.

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When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power or virtue. It is something within a person, and it is enhanced by following the Tao, or 'that from which nothing can deviate'.

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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

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It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.

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The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.

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

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Too much success is not an advantage. Do not tinkle like jade Or clatter like stone chimes.

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It's hard to keep your balance standing tip-toe.

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Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes closest to the way.

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Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.

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If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?

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A whale out of water is over-run by ants.

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Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.

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