Laozi Quotes, Taoism Quotes, World Quotes

The world is a sacred vessel that cannot be changed. He who changes it will destroy it. He who seizes it will lose it.

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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

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There is a big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who come to us believing in some freedom or naturalness, but their understanding is what we call [heretical naturalness] ... a kind of "let-alone policy" or sloppiness... For a plant or stone to be natural is no problem. But for us there is some problem, indeed a big problem. To be natural is something we must work on.

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When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.

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The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.

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He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties.

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Health is the greatest possession.

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The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed.

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In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

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He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.

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Returning to the source is serenity.

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All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return.

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. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.

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Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.

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Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'

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There was something that finished chaos, born before Heaven and Earth.

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Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.

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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.

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Yet mystery and reality emerge from the same source.

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Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

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