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T o bear and not to own; to act and not lay claim; to do the work and let it go: for just letting it go is what makes it stay.


Daoism quote 7257 | 




L ove is a decision - not an emotion!


Daoism quote 7258 | 




L et it be still, and it will gradually become clear.


Daoism quote 7259 | 




H e who defends with love will be secure; Heaven will save him, and protect him with love.


Daoism quote 7260 | 




T he wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.


Daoism quote 7261 | 




T rue words are not fancy. Fancy words are not true. The good do not debate. Debaters are not good.


Daoism quote 7262 | 




J ust remain in the centre; watching. And then forget that you are there.


Daoism quote 7263 | 




A good traveller leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.


Daoism quote 7264 | 




T he master observes the world but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. He prefers what is within to what is without.


Daoism quote 7265 | 




I f you want to lead them you must place yourself behind them.


Daoism quote 7266 | 




T he hard and mighty lie beneath the ground whiles the tender and weak dance on the breeze above.


Daoism quote 7267 | 




W hen goodness is lost there is morality.


Daoism quote 7268 | 




U gliness arises, when everybody knows what is beautiful.


Daoism quote 7269 | 




O utstanding achievement seems imperfect, yet its function is not compromised.


Daoism quote 7270 | 




J ogging overcomes cold; Quietude overcomes heat.


Daoism quote 7271 | 




N o evil act is worse than an inordinate desire.


Daoism quote 7272 | 




T he fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?


Daoism quote 7273 | 




F low with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centred by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.


Daoism quote 7274 | 




O nce upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.


Daoism quote 7275 | 





R ewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.


Daoism quote 7277 | 




T he wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.


Daoism quote 7278 | 




H appiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.


Daoism quote 7279 | 




L et your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return… Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.


Daoism quote 7280 | 




I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, I see them carried away headlong, grim and obsessed, in the general onrush of the human herd, unable to stop themselves or to change their direction. All the while they claim to be just on the point of attaining happiness.


Daoism quote 7281 | 



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