2/5/2024 0 Comments Tao te ching quotes on love![]() Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. “Be careful what you water your dreams with. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” ~ Lao Tzu “Be content with what you have rejoice in the way things are. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth it is the beginning of disorder.” ~ Lao Tzu “When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” ~ Lao Tzu Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. In family life, be completely present.” ~ Lao Tzu But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing She is one with the whole universe.” ~ Lao Tzu ![]() Thus honesty is attained.” BONUS: More Lao Tzu Quotes Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. ![]() “Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” 33. When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” 32. If you don’t change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” 30. “The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.” 29. The wise man is one who knows what he does not know. “What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job? If you don’t understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. “When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.” ~ 27. By doing nothing you leave nothing undone. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind when it rains, there is only rain when the clouds pass, the sun shines through.” 25. “Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. “Silence is a source of great strength.” 24. The further one goes the less one knows.” 23. “Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world Without looking out of the window one can see the way of heaven. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” 22. “If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.” When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them.” 21. “If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it ourselves. The good leader is he who the people revere. “The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.’” The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.” 19. ![]() The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. “All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. “Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.” 17. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” ~ Lao Tzu 16. New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. This is called the subtle perception of the way things are.” ~ 15. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. “If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. “Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?” ~ Lao Tzu 14. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.” 13. “In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water.
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