Lao Tzu Sunday

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
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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.
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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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To see things in the seed, that is genius.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
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People in their handlings 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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Silence is a source of great strength.
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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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.
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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