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Lao Tzu QUOTES

1 " Love

Embracing Tao, you become embraced.
Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn.
Clearing your vision, you become clear.
Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial.
Opening your heart, you become accepted.
Accepting the World, you embrace Tao.
Bearing and nurturing,
Creating but not owning,
Giving without demanding,
Controlling without authority,
This is love. "

― Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching

2 " We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.

We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.

We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.

We work with being,
but non-being is what we use. "

― Lao Tzu

3 " Because of a great love, one is courageous. "

― Lao Tzu

4 " Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world. "

― Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching

5 " A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. "

― Lao Tzu

6 " If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. "

― Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching

7 " In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. "

― Lao Tzu

8 " In the end,
The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on
and gained by those who let go. "

― Lao Tzu

9 " Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here. "

― Lao Tzu

10 " When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad. "

― Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu QUOTES

11 " There is
a time to live
and a time to die
but never to reject the moment. "

― Lao Tzu

12 " Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. "

― Lao Tzu

13 " There is no illusion greater than fear. "

― Lao Tzu

14 " The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step. "

― Lao Tzu

15 " He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love. "

― Lao Tzu

16 " Great acts are made up of small deeds. "

― Lao Tzu

17 " Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know. "

― Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching

18 " If you understand others you are smart.
If you understand yourself you are illuminated.
If you overcome others you are powerful.
If you overcome yourself you have strength.
If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.
If you can act with vigor, you have a will.
If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.
If you die without loss, you are eternal. "

― Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching

19 " The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long. "

― Lao Tzu , Tao Te Ching

20 " Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing. "

― Lao Tzu