Lao Tzu

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“Being deeply loved by family gives you strength while loving family deeply gives you courage.”

#family #love #strength

“The best fighter is never angry.”

#karma #composure #mastery

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving”

#spirituality #journey #openness

“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”

#spirituality #stillness #universe

“Be content with what you have. Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belongs to you.”

#gratitude #contentment #wholeness

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

#spirituality #self-knowledge #wisdom

“When you are content to simply be and dont compare or compete everyone will respect you and healing flows to those who are content”

#healing #contentment #flow

“Time is a created thing. To say I dont have time is like saying I dont want to.”

#time #choice #priorities

“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”

#presence #mindfulness #peace

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

#abundance #love #strength

“Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.”

#spirituality #stillness #flow

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

#leadership #humility #empowerment

“To lead people walk behind them.”

#karma #leadership #humility

“Knowing others is intelligence but knowing yourself is true wisdom”

#solitude #self-knowledge #wisdom

“The more that you read the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you will go.”

#abundance #learning #expansion

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

#letting-go #becoming #potential

“When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”

#leadership #humility #empowerment

“If you always give, you will always have.”

#abundance #generosity #giving

“Silence is a source of great strength.”

#silence #strength #power

“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao”

#spirituality #tao #mystery

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

#knowing #speaking #silence

“The master healer has no need to heal she simply reminds others of their own innate wholeness”

#healing #wholeness #reminding

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

#leadership #humility #empowerment

“Colors blind the eye sounds deafen the ear”

#beauty #simplicity #senses

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

#abundance #freedom #approval

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

#journey #step #beginning

“He who is contented is rich.”

#happiness #contentment #wealth

“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished through simplicity”

#simplicity #nature #patience

“Simplicity patience compassion these three are your greatest treasures”

#simplicity #patience #compassion

“To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.”

#wisdom #self-awareness #humility

“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”

#patience #mindfulness #clarity

“One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.”

#humility #open-mindedness #wisdom

“When you drink the water, remember the spring.”

#abundance #gratitude #origins

“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened and at peace.”

#peace #self-knowledge #enlightenment

“The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white neither need you do anything but be yourself”

#acceptance #self #naturalness

“When I let go of what I am I become what I might be”

#empowerment #letting-go #potential

“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.”

#family #generosity #giving

“One who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”

#life #contentment #wisdom

“The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's feet.”

#beginning #journey #patience

“If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, there must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, there must be peace in the heart.”

#peace #heart #home

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”

#hope #action #present

“Heaven's net is wide; coarse are the meshes, yet nothing slips through.”

#karma #justice #Taoism

“The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.”

#nature #authenticity #self

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and faith makes that first step possible”

#faith #journey #step

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”

#gratitude #journey #openness

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

#purpose #self-knowledge #wisdom

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

#patience #nature #flow

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

#purpose #journey #beginning

“Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”

#simplicity #desire #wisdom

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

#kindness #love

“The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.”

#wisdom #humility #knowledge

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

#change #direction #awareness

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.”

#life #change #acceptance

“Silence is a source of great strength”

#solitude #silence #strength

“The wise one looks at the obvious and sees the profound because wonder reveals what is hidden in plain sight”

#wonder #obvious #profound

“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.”

#change #letting go #wisdom

“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

#abundance #wholeness #contentment

“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”

#abundance #contentment #wisdom

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”

#self-mastery #discipline #power

“When you have faith in yourself you don't need others to believe in you.”

#faith #self-belief #independence

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”

#wisdom #self-knowledge

“He who knows others is wise he who knows himself is enlightened”

#purpose #self-knowledge #enlightenment

“The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself.”

#healing #generosity #connection

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes do not resist them that only creates sorrow”

#acceptance #change #flow

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage”

#justice #love #courage

“When you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belongs to you.”

#abundance #contentment #wholeness

“An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.”

#effort #persistence #action

“He who controls others may be powerful but he who has mastered himself is mightier still”

#spirituality #self-mastery #power

“Silence is a source of great strength in friendship.”

#silence #strength #source

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading”

#change #direction

“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished.”

#karma #patience #nature

“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

#contentment #mindfulness #gratitude

“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

#wisdom #simplicity #letting go

“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.”

#love #passion

“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished”

#purpose #patience #nature

“When the student is ready the teacher will appear and faith prepares the student for the teaching”

#faith #student #teacher

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago the second best time is now just as with healing”

#healing #timing #now

“The sage does not contend, and therefore no one can contend with him.”

#acceptance #peace #non-resistance

“To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.”

#abundance #stillness #surrender

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”

#journey #beginning #steps

“To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders and faith creates that stillness”

#faith #stillness #universe

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

#Tao #mystery #spirituality

“The pine stays green in winter; wisdom is seeing that this is the nature of the pine.”

#resilience #nature #wisdom

“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

#abundance #small-deeds #greatness

“When you let go of what you are you become what you might be and faith bridges the gap”

#faith #letting go #becoming

“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished and this fills the wise with wonder”

#wonder #nature #patience

“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving but on experiencing wonder along the way”

#wonder #travel #plans

“If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”

#mind #order #mindfulness

“From caring comes courage and from compassion comes strength to face any challenge”

#compassion #caring #courage

“The sage does not hoard. The more he gives to others the more he has himself.”

#abundance #giving #overflow

“Knowing others is intelligence knowing yourself is true wisdom mastering others is strength mastering yourself is true power”

#solitude #self-mastery #wisdom

“The Way that can be told is not the eternal Way. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.”

#faith #mystery #tao

“To see things in the seed, that is genius.”

#vision #potential #foresight

“Be content with what you have rejoice in the way things are when you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belongs to you”

#solitude #contentment #wholeness

“The supreme good is like water which nourishes all things without trying and compassion flows the same way”

#compassion #water #nourishing

“A good family is one that practices the Tao without knowing it.”

#family #goodness #natural

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists.”

#leadership #humility #invisible

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage and faith multiplies both”

#faith #love #courage

“Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken.”

#acceptance #flexibility #wisdom

“Expectation is the root of all heartache, yet without it the heart cannot bloom.”

#hope #expectation #wisdom

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes dont resist them that only creates sorrow”

#spirituality #change #acceptance

“Silence is a source of great strength for the spiritual seeker”

#spirituality #silence #strength

“Failure is the foundation of success and the means by which it is achieved”

#failure #foundation #success

“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear”

#healing #patience #clarity

“When I let go of what I am I become what I might be and wonder fills the space of transformation”

#wonder #letting go #becoming

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings”

#acceptance #endings #beginnings

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage through compassion”

#compassion #love #courage

“Nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished.”

#nature #patience #wisdom

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”

#beginnings #endings #disguise

“Knowing others is intelligence knowing yourself is true wisdom”

#spirituality #self-knowledge #wisdom

“He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.”

#leadership #self-mastery #strength

“To think is to create.”

#creativity #thought #creation

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others.”

#self-belief #confidence

“To the mind that is still the whole universe surrenders”

#spirituality #stillness #universe

“He who knows others is wise but he who knows himself is enlightened and faith is the light of self-knowledge”

#faith #self-knowledge #enlightenment

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

#journey #beginnings

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

#love #strength #courage

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner but faith sets you free to be yourself”

#faith #freedom #self

“Watch your thoughts they become your words. Watch your words they become your actions.”

#karma #thoughts #destiny

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step taken in wonder at the path ahead”

#wonder #journey #step

“Watch your thoughts they become your words watch your words they become your actions”

#karma #thoughts #actions

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.”

#life #acceptance

“Kindness in words creates confidence kindness in thinking creates profoundness kindness in giving creates love”

#kindness #words #thinking

“The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long”

#passion #intensity #balance

“Water is fluid soft and yielding but water will wear away rock which is rigid and cannot yield”

#resilience #water #flexibility

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

#learning #readiness #wisdom

“Be content with what you have rejoice in the way things are when you realize nothing is lacking the whole world belongs to you”

#spirituality #contentment #abundance

“When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.”

#letting-go #becoming #potential

“Time is a created thing to say I do not have time is like saying I do not want to”

#time #created #choice

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists when his work is done they will say we did it ourselves”

#friendship #leadership #humility

“He who conquers others is strong he who conquers himself is mighty”

#empowerment #self-mastery #strength

“To lead the people, walk behind them.”

#leadership #humility #service

“The sage does not hoard the more he gives to others the more he has for himself through simplicity”

#simplicity #giving #having

“The person who has not learned to be alone is a person who does not know themselves.”

#solitude #self-knowledge #wisdom

“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish — very gently.”

#family #patience #gentleness

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