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  • #2
    Lao Tzu
    “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed
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  • #3
    Lao Tzu
    “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
    tags: inspirational, life, philosophy
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  • #4
    Lao Tzu
    “Knowing others is intelligence;
    knowing yourself is true wisdom.
    Mastering others is strength;
    mastering yourself is true power.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: wisdom
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  • #5
    Lao Tzu
    “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: life, travel
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  • #6
    Lao Tzu
    “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
    ― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching
    tags: philosophy, wayfinding
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  • #8
    Lao Tzu
    “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: travel
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  • #9
    Lao Tzu
    “The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: apothegm, beauty, truth
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  • #10
    Lao Tzu
    “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.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: contentment
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  • #11
    Lao Tzu
    “A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: courage, death, inspirational, life, moral-courage, real-life
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  • #12
    Lao Tzu
    “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #13
    Lao Tzu
    “At the center of your being
    you have the answer;
    you know who you are
    and you know what you want.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: profound, self-awareness, self-discovery
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  • #14
    Lao Tzu
    “To lead people, walk beside them ...
    As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.
    The next best, the people honor and praise.
    The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ...
    When the best leader's work is done the people say,
    We did it ourselves!”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: lead
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  • #15
    Lao Tzu
    “Silence is a source of Great Strength.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: silence
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  • #16
    Lao Tzu
    “Stop thinking, and end your problems.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: thinking
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  • #17
    Lao Tzu
    “The best fighter is never angry.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #18
    Lao Tzu
    “Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: time
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  • #19
    Lao Tzu
    “To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #20
    Lao Tzu
    “Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: dreams
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  • #21
    Lao Tzu
    “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, integrity, self-reliance, self-respect
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  • #22
    Lao Tzu
    “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
    ― Lao-Tzu
    tags: kindness
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  • #23
    Lao Tzu
    “A leader is best
    When people barely know he exists
    Of a good leader, who talks little,
    When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
    They will say, “We did this ourselves.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: good-leader, leader, leaders, people
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  • #24
    Henry Miller
    “No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes.”
    ― Henry Miller
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  • #25
    Lao Tzu
    “There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #26
    Lao Tzu
    “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: acceptance, change, life, reality, serenity
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  • #27
    Lao Tzu
    “Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: contemplation, proverb
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  • #28
    Lao Tzu
    “To know that you do not know is the best.
    To think you know when you do not is a disease.
    Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: ignorance, knowledge
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  • #29
    Lao Tzu
    “Because of a great love, one is courageous.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: love
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  • #30
    Lao Tzu
    “The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: be-yourself, white
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  • #31
    Lao Tzu
    “Loss is not as bad as wanting more.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #32
    Lao Tzu
    “To understand the limitation of things, desire them.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: tao
    461 likes



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