Lao Tzu Quotes

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When two opposing sides meet in battle, the one without an enemy will be victorious.

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The wise student hears of the Tao and practices it diligently. The average student hears of the Tao and gives it thought now and again.

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

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The new life created by the final integration is self-aware yet without ego, capable of inhabiting a body yet not attached to it, and guided by wisdom rather than emotion. Whole and virtuous, it can never die.

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Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them... If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility. If he would lead them, he must follow behind. In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed...

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The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.

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Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well. {But spiritual insight transcends death.}

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If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

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Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

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Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite.

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