Tag: Lao Tzu

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

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

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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

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People in their handling of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

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Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one’s status in the eyes of others And shame is fear of humiliation at one’s inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.

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Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

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The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

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The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

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The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

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The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.

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