"The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms."
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Lao Tzu
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Quotes by Lao Tzu
"In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go."
"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use."
"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."
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
"He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love."
"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."
"He who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love."
"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."
"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."
"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness."
"Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity."
"So the unwanting soulsees what's hidden,and the ever-wanting soulsees only what it wants."
"We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use."
"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."
"There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment."
"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."
"If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees."
"Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it."
"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip."