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In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Lao Tzu
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.
Lao Tzu
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao Tzu
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Lao Tzu
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
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
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
Lao Tzu
Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
Lao Tzu
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Lao Tzu
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Lao Tzu
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
Nature is not human hearted.
Lao Tzu
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
Lao Tzu
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.
Lao Tzu
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
Lao Tzu
One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
Lao Tzu
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.
Lao Tzu
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
Lao Tzu
Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao Tzu
