Sunday, August 19, 2007

Its a Lao Tzu kinda afternoon...

So I really needed to read these this afternoon....Thinking of you guys hope you are all well!
XOXO
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.


By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

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.

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.

To lead people walk behind them.

To produce things and to rear them, to produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.


Do you have enough patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?

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